Record ID:
382800
Accession number:
MA 1260.2
Credit:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description:
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 23.4 cm
Notes:
Addressed to "Lt General / Sr James Pulteney Bt. / Park Lane -- London."
With postmark and seal.
Docketed.
Volume 3 (MA 1260) 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 1260 for more information.
Summary:
Mentioning the trial of an ensign and a sergeant for "drinking spirits"; discussing staffing issues and recruits coming from Ireland; commenting on the health of the troops.
Provenance:
Purchased from the Ford Collection of manuscripts.
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