BIB_ID
387545
Accession number
MA 1268.57
Creator
McNeill, Archibald, 1773-1805.
Display Date
1801 Oct. 27.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 23.2 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
Discussing the impact on his Regiment and on him of a possible peace agreement; saying "We hear the Preliminarys of Peace are Signed, & if it is true, that we are to Evacuate Egypt, & the Cape, some of the Plans I lately Proposed, will of course, fall to the Ground;" asking for his assistance is getting the salary he has applied for and saying "...it is now doubly necessary, as in Tuscany the French will now be the Favoured Nation, & if the British Consul has not the means given him, of Living in a Style of respectability, his application to the Government of the Country, will never be so much attended to - You know how much every thing is influenced by appearances & more particularly in Italy. As matters stand, indeed 4 5ths of my Expenses must be drawn from my own funds...The Gentlemen who have Preceded me in this office have Lived by being merch'ts & Speculators, w'h [illegible] is Strictly forbidden."
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