BIB_ID
384572
Accession number
MA 1263.52
Creator
William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester, 1776-1834.
Display Date
1799 Oct. 8.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 22.8 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Lieut. General / Sir James Pulteney Bart. / Schagen."
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.
With seal.
With the following note on the address panel: "To be forwarded immediately if not at Schagen."
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.
With seal.
With the following note on the address panel: "To be forwarded immediately if not at Schagen."
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of manuscripts.
Summary
Reporting his arrival at Winchell "with the three Batt[alions] belonging to [his] brigade & the three Guns attached to it"; naming locations where they destroyed bridges and noting, "I have also thrown every Impedimentin my power in my retreat to hinder the Enemy advancing"; remarking that the roads were so bad that his men have all lost their shoes.
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