BIB_ID
380535
Accession number
MA 487.2
Creator
Abercromby, Ralph, Sir, 1734-1801.
Display Date
[1799].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 22.4 cm.
Notes
Address panel with fragment of a seal "Lt. General Sir James Pulteney / &c &c &c / Helder / Ra. Abercromby."
Volume 1 (MA 487) 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 487.1-46).
Volume 1 (MA 487) 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 487.1-46).
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of manuscripts.
Summary
Concerning the Helder campaign; reporting that they have repelled some forces; adding "When the Militia can fight so well I shall not fear an invasion. I shall [illegible] you more fully tomorrow."
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