BIB_ID
383187
Accession number
MA 1260.29
Creator
Carey, Thomas, active 1806-1808.
Display Date
1806 July 29.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 23.1 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
Instructing him to have the Cambridge Militia occupy the barracks that will soon be vacated by the 54th Regiment; mentioning other troop movements.
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