BIB_ID
387859
Accession number
MA 1269.20
Creator
Mawby, Sebright, -1850.
Display Date
1804 Sept. 16.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 23.7 cm
Notes
Address panel with traces of a seal and postmarks to "Lieutenant General / Sir James Pulteney B't M.P. / &c &c &c / East Bourne / Sussex."
Endorsed.
Volume 12 (MA 1269) 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 1269.1-63).
Endorsed.
Volume 12 (MA 1269) 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 1269.1-63).
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of Manuscripts.
Summary
Concerning his desire for a promotion; reporting that he has just been informed someone less qualified than he may receive a promotion that he believes should be his; expressing his hope that he will help in "preventing any thing of the kind taking place;" reiterating his dedication to his duties.
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