BIB_ID
384579
Accession number
MA 1263.54
Creator
William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester, 1776-1834.
Display Date
1800 Aug. 2.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 23.2 cm
Notes
Marked "Private" at the top of the page.
Probably 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.
Probably 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.
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of manuscripts.
Summary
Discussing the possibility of being the recipient's second in command for an upcoming military action; adding that he will write to the Duke of York to express his willingness to be second in command, but that the actual application should come from the recipient; adding that he will need to time to appoint an aide-de-camp and find horses; asking for as much notice as possible so he has time to prepare.
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