BIB_ID
384677
Accession number
MA 1262.59
Creator
Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811.
Display Date
1793 Aug. 29.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 22.5 cm
Notes
Endorsed.
Marked "Private" above the salutation.
Volume 5 (MA 1262) 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 more information (MA 1262.1-75).
Marked "Private" above the salutation.
Volume 5 (MA 1262) 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 more information (MA 1262.1-75).
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of manuscripts.
Summary
Acknowledging receipt of his public and private dispatches; saying he is leaving for Walmer Castle on September 1st and that is "within a few miles of Dover, and of course, any Messenger you send will reach us a day sooner [than] if we were in town. The Proper order will be given at Dover to send them to us, and if any Presses I will return an Immediate answer from Walmer."
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