BIB_ID
384085
Accession number
MA 1262.41
Creator
Downe, John Christopher Burton Dawnay, Viscount, 1764-1832.
Display Date
1804 Sept. 18.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 24.4 cm
Notes
Endorsed.
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
Declining to recommend someone for an Ensigncy; saying "it is not possible for me to say any thing in his Favour, & I really fear he would not be likely to do Credit to your Recommendation."
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