BIB_ID
383452
Accession number
MA 297.35
Creator
Brownrigg, Robert.
Display Date
1800 Aug. 3.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 23.8 cm
Notes
Endorsed.
Volume 2 (MA 297) 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 more information (MA 297.1-65).
Volume 2 (MA 297) 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 more information (MA 297.1-65).
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of manuscripts.
Summary
Clarifying his rank and that of Colonel Maitland; saying "...you have been misinformed, when you suppose that Colonel Maitland is to serve in the Rank of Major General. The local Rank conferred on him on the present occasion is that of Brigadier General, - and should you serve in the same Army with him, your local Rank will be that of Brigadier General, and you will take Rank according to your standing as Colonel, and not according to the date of your Commission as Brigadier."
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