BIB_ID
384907
Accession number
MA 1264.13
Creator
Graves, James William, 1775-1845.
Display Date
1808 July 5.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 23.2 cm
Notes
Volume 7 (MA 1264) 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 1264.1-56).
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of manuscripts.
Summary
Directing the Paymaster to transmit the accounts of the deceased officers; discussing clothing requirements for the troops; asking that they "inform Sir James [Pulteney]...that the not having it in my power to promote Sergeants & Corporals operates to discourage exertion amongst the men; detailing the troop levels of Sergeants and Corporals and asking for permission "to promote a few deserving men."
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