Autograph letter signed : "New Inn" [London], to Sir John Murray, 1811 Dec. 2

Record ID: 
385819
Accession number: 
MA 1266.29
Author: 
James, Charles, active 1804-1811.
Credit: 
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description: 
1 item (4 p.) ; 24.6 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 an appointment for Mr. Henning, his relationship to Sir John Johnstone, the effect it has on a possible appointment and issues surrounding the Election; saying "I think Sir John Johnstone ought to make an apology to Mr. Henning; and to me also for his insolent conduct & Letter to me. Sir John Johnstone has it in his Power by Conciliation to return the 4 members for the Borough...If he would leave the management of the Borough to you, I am sure that you might pledge yourself that he should return, any three members whom he might think fit to [illegible] besides yourself...If Sir John Johnstone loses the Borough he has himself solely to blame - I cannot give him advice."

Provenance: 
Purchased from the Ford Collection of manuscripts.