BIB_ID
383170
Accession number
MA 1260.23
Creator
Carey, Thomas, active 1806-1808.
Display Date
1806 July 16.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 23.6 cm
Notes
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.
Written as military secretary for John Pitt, Earl of Chatham.
Written as military secretary for John Pitt, Earl of Chatham.
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of manuscripts.
Summary
Remarking that the Ayrshire Militia has been removed from Maldon to Chelmsford Barracks; discussing troop numbers and recruitment.
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