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Autograph letter signed : Barham Downs, to Sir James Pulteney, 1804 Oct. 4.

BIB_ID
387860
Accession number
MA 1269.21
Creator
Mawby, Sebright, -1850.
Display Date
1804 Oct. 4.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 22.7 cm
Notes
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 Colonel Douglas' wish to take the non-commissioned officers with him from the Royal Irish to the 55th Regiment; describing a disagreement between Colonel Montresor and Colonel Douglas on the transfer.