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Autograph letter signed : "Downing Street" [London], to Sir James Pulteney, 1804 Apr. 16.

BIB_ID
137539
Accession number
MA 1272.30
Creator
Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844.
Display Date
1804 Apr. 16.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 23.4 cm
Notes
Endorsed.
Volume 15 (MA 1272) of a 33-volume collection of the correspondence of Sir James Pulteney, his family and distinguished contemporaries. (MA 487, MA 297 and MA 1260-1290). The arrangement of the collection is alphabetical by the author of the letter. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection level record for more information (MA 1272.1-57).
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of Manuscripts.
Summary
Expressing his "earnest wish" that he will "be present in the House of Commons on Friday next, when Mr. Fox is to make a motion on the Defence of the Country. - Our opponents are active to the greatest Degree & I should be wanting in Duty if I were otherwise."