BIB_ID
384580
Accession number
MA 1263.55
Creator
William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester, 1776-1834.
Display Date
1800 Aug. 5.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 23.2 cm
Notes
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.
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
Explaining that he met with the Duke of York to ask about being the recipient's second in command on an upcoming military expedition, but that the Duke of York told him all arrangements had already been made and it would be impossible to include him; expressing his regret at not being able to act as his second in command on this occasion.
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