BIB_ID
384940
Accession number
MA 1264.17
Creator
Graves, James William, 1775-1845.
Display Date
1809 Apr. 16.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (7 p.) ; 24.7 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
Reporting that he has arrived in Jamaica and taken command of the 1st Battalion; reporting on individual officers and their suitability for their current duties; suggesting that the Battalion headquarters be at Spanish Town rather than Fort Augusta; saying he received permission from General Carmichael to reside at Spanish Town but not permission to move the troops there; expressing hope that he can make that change; reporting on an insurrection on the island which caused a great deal of apprehension among the troops, but reporting it has subsided and he hopes "the tranquillity of the Colony will remain undisturbed;" discussing the reassignment of some troops between the 1st Battalion on Jamaica and the 2nd Battalion on Curaçao and the clothing stores on Jamaica for Curaçao."
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