Autograph letter signed : "New Inn" [London], to Sir John Murray, 1811 May 3.

Record ID: 
385800
Accession number: 
MA 1266.23
Author: 
James, Charles, active 1804-1811.
Credit: 
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description: 
1 item (3 p.) ; 24.7 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: 

Reporting on a meeting concerning Sir John's [Johnstone] support of him in the [Weymouth] Elections; discussing the case against Mrs. Fawcett relating to the estate of Lady Bath; asking that he be kept on as his attorney given all the work he did for Sir James Pulteney on this case; saying "I can assure you, that I took infinite Pains in this Cause, and the Hard Work in preparing the Case for argument in the Commons, rested with me - and also for bringing the Business, in a proper Way before the Court of Chancery - I hope that I may be continued to act for you the Plaintiff in the Cause, and act as before."

Provenance: 
Purchased from the Ford Collection of manuscripts.