BIB_ID
211332
Accession number
MA 1262.35
Creator
Douglas, Robert, Lt. Col., -1828.
Display Date
1804 Apr. 30.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 22.9 cm
Notes
Endorsed.
Volume 5 (MA 1262) 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 1262.1-75).
Volume 5 (MA 1262) 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 1262.1-75).
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of manuscripts.
Summary
Referring to a previous correspondence concerning the leave of Captain Farrel; informing him that the Review of the Battalion has been "postponed to the end of May, I trust the Clothing, Drums, Bugles and other articles wanting will be here in time; and also the Colours;" discussing recruiting and his regret "that a small sum was not allowed for bringers; every officer experienced in recruiting being convinced that success on that Service depends more on the encouragement given to bringers, than on the amount of the Bounty given to the Recruit;" reporting on the troop movements of three companies in his battalion.
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