BIB_ID
387531
Accession number
MA 1268.53
Creator
McNeill, Archibald, 1773-1805.
Display Date
1798 Jan. 28.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 23.3 cm
Notes
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
Acknowledging receipt of his letter and thanking him for speaking with Lord Grenville on his behalf; saying his proposal to raise a Regiment was rejected; admitting that his proposal had inaccuracies in the calculations and he intends to send a more accurate statement; asking for his advice with his staffing proposals and salary calculations.
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