BIB_ID
385241
Accession number
MA 1264.55
Creator
Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1729-1807.
Display Date
1798 June 22.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 23.9 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).
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
Expressing his sadness that he will no longer be "under my Command, and most sincerely wish you health and success, the Latter I doubt not under the direction of Lord Cornwallis, who I am sure will change the manner in which the Rebellions War has been hitherto Carried on - I have not had any official account of your removal but nevertheless you will go tomorrow, as you propose, time pressing, & you will be hurried enough - Lady Bath will not thank them for your Jaunt."
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