BIB_ID
387541
Accession number
MA 1268.56
Creator
McNeill, Archibald, 1773-1805.
Display Date
1798 June 28.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 23.8 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
Concerning his proposal to raise a Regiment; referring to an enclosure that sets out the estimated cost for the sale of a Commission, and the number of men expected; expressing his hope that he will be able to meet with Mr. D[undas] on his behalf, perhaps also speak with the Duke of York and "endeavour to fix something for me."
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