BIB_ID
386957
Accession number
MA 1267.49
Creator
Macleod, John, of Colbecks, -1823.
Display Date
1805 Feb. 4
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (7 p.) ; 22.9 cm
Notes
Docketed.
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).
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
Discussing his love of reconciliation and how much his friendship means to him; saying "...above every consideration to me so connected to accomplish Human Reconciliation which is the true and only road to Human Happiness - which at least Crowns the desires of Human Beings, and in that consists Human Greatness;" looking back to the times of the MacPhersons and Macleods as examples of virtue and simplicity; concluding that "...there still remains as weighty, arguments in my Head, in my Heart, in my capability and in my comprehension, as is quite Sufficient for The Eclairissement..."
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