BIB_ID
384129
Accession number
MA 1262.49
Creator
Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811.
Display Date
1779 July 29.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (5 p.) ; 22.9 cm
Notes
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
Discussing a plan for Commissions of Lieutenancy for the Counties of Scotland; saying "When I mention having thought of this plan it is not that I thought it the most effectual, for I own I trust more to the voluntary spirit of the Country arising from their sense of danger, than to any Coertion which the Lord Lieutenants could use, but unfortunately this spirit got a severe cheque upon a former occasion, which will render it more difficult to rekindle it;" discussing the voluntary efforts to form defense forces in Aberdeen and Cur after the "Pillage of Lord Selkirk's House and until they were stopped by an order from the Secretary of States office "upon some motives unknown to me. It however gave great disgust to those Towns, and as you may believe the spirit spread no further...I have received much satisfaction from the Spirit of the Country since I came to Scotland. The moment I arrived I thought of every method in my power to turn the whole Country into a press gang, if Seamen would not enter as Volunteers. The spirit has spread like wildfire, in so much that I scarce believe there is a Town or County in Scotland who are not by their Purses and personal exertion, employed in the business of manning the fleet."
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