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Autograph letter signed : Edinburgh, to Sir James [Pulteney], 1803 Jan. 22.

BIB_ID
383780
Accession number
MA 1262.11
Creator
Don, George, Sir, 1756-1832.
Display Date
1803 Jan. 22.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 25.1 cm
Notes
Address panel with fragments of a seal and postmarks to "Sir James Pulteney Bart / M.P. / Park Lane / London."
Volume 5 (MA 1262) 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 1262.1-75).
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of manuscripts.
Summary
Thanking him for his help in securing a share of the Helder Prize money for [Spencer Thomas] Vassal; saying he has been unable to locate General Brownrigg's letter but reiterating Vassal's eligibility; relating news of his family.