BIB_ID
383601
Accession number
MA 297.57
Creator
Bruce, Thomas, 1738-1797.
Display Date
1797 Oct. 11.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 23.8 cm
Notes
Address panel with postmark and traces of a seal "H.M. Service / Sir James Pulteney Bart / &c &c &c / Ashland / Bye Bag."
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).
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).
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of manuscripts.
Summary
Concerning leave for officers; saying "As soon as the destination of the Dutch Fleet is known and the continuance of Officers at quarters appears unnecessary, they may take their leave."
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