BIB_ID
206385
Accession number
MA 1261.9
Creator
Cockell, Teesdale.
Display Date
1807 Oct. 12.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 23.5 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Right Honorable / General Sir James M-Poultny [sic] / Bart. / M.P. / &c &c &c &c / London."
Docketed.
Volume 4 (MA 1261) 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 MA 1261 for more information.
With postmark and seal.
Docketed.
Volume 4 (MA 1261) 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 MA 1261 for more information.
With postmark and seal.
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of manuscripts.
Summary
Discussing his difficulties as commandant of the Scilly Islands; complaining about a man named Bowen, a "bitter malignant scorpion" who has told "gross lies" and done him "manifold injuries"; stating that he believes Randall, a friend of this Bowen, is withholding his pay and deceiving him.
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