BIB_ID
386989
Accession number
MA 1267.56
Creator
Macleod, John, of Colbecks, -1823.
Display Date
1806 Feb. 1.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 25.2 cm
Notes
Addressed to Monsieur Lacuée as "Counseller of State, President of the Section of War - Great Officer of the Legion of Honour, Member of the National Institute, Governor of the Polytechnical School, &c &c &c at Paris."
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).
Written from "Place Bardeneu."
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).
Written from "Place Bardeneu."
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of manuscripts.
Summary
Concerning his request for leave to return to England; thanking him for his interest and expressions of friendship; assuring him "that neither a quietness of mind or of body would find their rest in me, untill, me and my Blessed good Family should return to France with me to make the same Homage of Esteem, Respect and Gratitude for That Service done, them and me, which - only can be the means by which my fortune can be preserved from inevitable ruin, and enable me to reside with comfort for some years, in or near your capital, to Educate my children and Economize for their future independence;" expressing his regret that he is unable to communicate with him in French; adding "Patience is a virtue, I have been rigorously taught to say - and I have Sufficient yet left to devote to your Pleasure and to your Time."
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