BIB_ID
384401
Accession number
MA 1263.28
Creator
Ferguson, Adam, 1723-1816.
Display Date
1781 July 18.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 22.8 cm
Notes
Possibly to William (Johnstone) Pulteney.
Volume 6 (MA 1263) 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 MA 1263 for more information.
Volume 6 (MA 1263) 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 MA 1263 for more information.
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of manuscripts.
Summary
Reporting on his health; commenting on his work on "the Roman History"; commenting on the importance of being in Parliament: "a person may as well think to be of consequence in France without being a Gentleman as here without being in Parliament."
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