BIB_ID
388541
Accession number
MA 1270.50
Creator
Pulteney, James, Sir, approximately 1751-1811.
Display Date
1809 June 5.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 23.5 cm
Notes
An additional copy of this letter dated June 25, 1809 (MA 1270.49) was endorsed to the "Commander in Chief."
Endorsed as "Copy to Sir David Dundas."
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).
With autograph revisions.
Endorsed as "Copy to Sir David Dundas."
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).
With autograph revisions.
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of Manuscripts.
Summary
Concerning a proposal by General Hope for a more cost effective plan to purchase meat for the troops. See MA 1270.49, an additional copy of this letter sent to the "Commander in Chief", for a more detailed summary.
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