BIB_ID
384225
Accession number
MA 1262.54
Creator
Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811.
Display Date
1792 Aug. 18.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 22.5 cm
Notes
The letter appears to have sustained significant water damage.
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
Saying he is writing in the absence of Lord Grenville; mentioning a "tour of the Continent" which he has heard he will be taking; suggesting that if he could direct his "Course to where the Army under the Command of the Duke of Brunswick may be, you could obtain His liberty to give us such information of its news and progress as he may be disposed to allow. It is natural in us to be interested both in Publick and Private news in every transaction in which the Duke of Brunswick bears so conspicuous a Part, and I hope on mentioning the subject to him you may not find him indisposed to make such communications to you as may enable you to gratify our wishes."
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