BIB_ID
387087
Accession number
MA 1268.6
Creator
Macleod, John, of Colbecks, -1823.
Display Date
1808 May 5.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (11 p.) ; 25.4 cm
Notes
Marked above the salutation as "No. 3."
Volume 11 (MA 1268) 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 1268.1-60).
Volume 11 (MA 1268) 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 1268.1-60).
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of manuscripts.
Summary
Reiterating his desire to be involved in negotiating a reconciliation with France; detailing his time in France from December 1802 when he went to France with his Family "on a plan of Economy" but was encouraged to have his family return to England which they did under the protection of French officials; detailing his activities in Bruxelles during 1803 including the Thirteen Days that Napoleon was in Bruxelles, the ongoing negotiations over where he should reside, the meetings he had with various French officials and ministers and enclosing documents to corroborate his assertions.
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