BIB_ID
388275
Accession number
MA 1270.17
Creator
Mulgrave, Henry Phipps, Earl of, 1755-1831.
Display Date
1807 Apr. 3.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 23.5 cm
Notes
Endorsed.
Volume 13 (MA 1270) 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 1270.1-50).
Volume 13 (MA 1270) 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 1270.1-50).
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of Manuscripts.
Summary
Concerning the HMS Volontaire in battle; saying "The Enemy have not laid their Hands on the Voluntaire, but the Friends are scrambling very earnestly for Her;" expressing his desire to appoint a Captain for Her command.
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