BIB_ID
384554
Accession number
MA 1263.49
Creator
William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester, 1776-1834.
Display Date
1798 Mar. 23.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 23.4 cm
Notes
Possibly to Sir James 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
Regretting that the recipient came to Folkestone to meet with him before he arrived in that place; explaining that he would have sent word that his tour was postponed had he known that he intended to meet him; thanking him for his "very great attention."
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