BIB_ID
386764
Accession number
MA 1267.14
Creator
Lake, Gerard Lake, Viscount, 1744-1808.
Display Date
1804 Aug. 26.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 18.5 cm
Notes
Volume 10 (MA 1267) 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 1267.1-60).
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of manuscripts.
Summary
Written almost entirely in ciphers; inserting English text sparingly; appearing to discuss troop movements and positions of Colonel Monson; concluding in English "At this distance it is impossible for me to give any specific instructions, as your operations must so materially depend on circumstances and the movement of the Enemy."
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