BIB_ID
382845
Accession number
MA 1260.5
Creator
Cadogan, Henry, 1780-1813.
Display Date
1806 Oct. 14.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 18-23.3 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Lieut General / Sr. James Pulteney Bt. / Park Lane / London"; the street and city have been crossed out and replaced with "Buckenham House / Brandon / Norfolk."
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.
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.
With postmark and seal.
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of manuscripts.
Summary
Reporting that he received Pulteney's "note and permission to draw on [him] for the amount of recruiting expenses"; discussing the finances of his battalion; commenting on recruitment efforts.
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