BIB_ID
387604
Accession number
MA 1268.58
Creator
McNeill, Archibald, 1773-1805.
Display Date
1801 Nov. 16.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 23.1 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 desire to get an assignment in Leghorn; saying he understands that "Mr. Wyndham will not be again Sent to Florence & I have by this conveyance written L'd Lorne to endeavour, with your assistance, to procure me that Situation - It has been the Practice at L'd Hawksbury's office, to consider Leghorn, a very Lucrative Employment w'h might perhaps, smooth my way, to the Situation I am desirous of acquiring. There will no doubt be several applications & I can hardly flatter myself with a Prospect of success - The application will however be a favourable Introduction to L'd Hawksbury & in some measure entitle me to bring the subject forward, upon some more favourable occasion. I therefore earnestly beg you may with L'd Lorne make the application, as it will at least give me Pretentions that you have not thought it improper to apply for my appointment."
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