BIB_ID
383919
Accession number
MA 1262.23
Creator
Don, George, Sir, 1756-1832.
Display Date
1807 June 20.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 23.4 cm
Notes
Marked "Private and Confidential" above the salutation.
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).
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
Concerning the possibility for peace with respect to intelligence he has recently received from France; saying "There now cannot be a doubt but that Buonaparte repents his ever having crossed the Vistula and undertaken a Campaign in Poland & which will consequently now induce him to be more moderate in his terms than usual;" putting forth his wish to be assigned to an "old Regiment"; saying "...I should feel great pleasure in attending to it & to make it, not a crack Regiment but one fit for Service - I do not know how I stand with the Dukes of York & Gordon with respect to getting an old Regiment, but I conclude you will nearly know those they intend to favor, and if I should not be far from the Top of the List, your kind intercession with Gordon might determine the appointment, may I therefore entreat you, if an opportunity offers to give him a hint. If it is not an improper request, I should be glad to know if Government has any intention of making this Island at the Peace the Depot for foreign Corps; this has been confidently told me, & should such a measure be determined upon, I hope it will not occasion my removal - I am perhaps as well acquainted with the management of foreign Corps as any officer in the Service & I shall feel great pleasure in forwarding the views of Government concerning them;" relating news of the family.
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