BIB_ID
387110
Accession number
MA 1268.12
Creator
Macleod, John, of Colbecks, -1823.
Display Date
1808 May 31.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 24.8 cm
Notes
Marked above the salutation as "No. 7."
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
Providing an explanation of the letters he enclosed with his last letter (MA 1268.11); providing a detailed description of General Lacuée and his relationship to him during the years he was in France and his role, with the help of Lord Moira, in securing the release of Lacuée's nephew; expressing his gratitude for the kindnesses shown to him by his friends in France.
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