BIB_ID
388315
Accession number
MA 1270.32
Creator
Pulteney, James, Sir, approximately 1751-1811.
Display Date
[1794].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 18.1 cm
Notes
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
Asking for her approval to inform the Duke of York "as of the present state of affairs;" encouraging her to attend a masquerade ball that evening and use the ticket that the Duchess of Gordon had obtained for her as "A Lady's ticket takes a gentleman likewise, & in consideration of my Services upon this occasion I solicit the Honor of attending you.".
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