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Autograph letter signed : Curaçao, to Sir James Pulteney, 1809 Mar. 26.

BIB_ID
384913
Accession number
MA 1264.16
Creator
Graves, James William, 1775-1845.
Display Date
1809 Mar. 26.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 22.6 cm
Notes
Endorsed.
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
Advising him of his departure for Jamaica to take command of the 1st Battalion, leaving the command of the 2nd Battalion to the newly arrived Lt. Col. Tomlinson; providing a brief report on the 2nd Battalion and expressing his confidence that he is leaving everything in good order.