BIB_ID
383243
Accession number
MA 1260.39
Creator
Carter, Elizabeth, 1717-1806.
Display Date
1784 June 23.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 22.8 cm
Notes
Addressed to "William Pulteney Esqr. / Bath House / Piccadilly / London."
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.
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.
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of manuscripts.
Summary
Mentioning a shared acquaintance named Mr. [Leonard?] Smelt; remarking that Miss [Laura] Pulteney's last letter to her "expresses great joy in the thought of her return, & hopes it will not be deferred beyond October."
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