BIB_ID
383599
Accession number
MA 297.56
Creator
Bruce, Thomas, 1738-1797.
Display Date
1797 Oct. 11
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (2 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
Informing him that the Dutch Fleet "is now at Sea;" requesting that he "inform the Commanding Officers of the Regiments in your District of this Circumstance, and to request that any officers going on leave of absence may defer their intentions for a short time in order to prevent the inconveniencing which might arise from their being immediately ordered to return to their Posts;" ordering that all furloughs be stopped until the situation is fully known.
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