BIB_ID
383575
Accession number
MA 297.53
Creator
Bruce, Thomas, 1738-1797.
Display Date
1797 Sept. 13.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 24.9 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
Informing him that Sir Charles Grey has approved a leave of absence for one of the officers, and adding "In the present state of French affairs both Sir Charles & I wish to discourage as much as possible applications for leave of absence. I therefore beg you will be so good as mention this to any officers so applying."
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