Autograph letter signed : "New Inn" [London], to Sir James Pulteney, 1809 Sept. 12.

Record ID: 
385739
Accession number: 
MA 1266.14
Author: 
James, Charles, active 1804-1811.
Credit: 
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description: 
1 item (2 p.) ; 23.2 cm
Notes: 

Volume 9 (MA 1266) 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 1266.1-61).

Summary: 

Concerning repairs to the breakwater wall at the Esplanade; discussing the situation with respect to the house at Albemarle Street and saying "But Sir John Johnstone's notions are so strange, that it is difficult to please him."

Provenance: 
Purchased from the Ford Collection of manuscripts.