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Autograph letter signed : "Swanage, Isle of Purbeck", to Sir James Pulteney, 1801 Apr. 7.

BIB_ID
383667
Accession number
MA 297.64
Creator
Bullen, Charles, Sir, 1769-1853.
Display Date
1801 Apr. 7.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 22.9 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmark to "L. Gen'l / Sir James Pulteney Bart / Bruton Street / London."
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
Enclosing a statement of his services (MA 297.63) and thanking him for his help in finding a position; explaining that he did not receive his letter until the previous evening, "which is the cause of its not being answered before."