BIB_ID
389027
Accession number
MA 1271.14
Creator
Nicholls, Oliver S., 1740-1829.
Display Date
1803 Oct. 23.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 22.9 cm
Notes
Address panel with traces of a seal to "Colonel Murray."
Colonel John Murray served as Quarter Master General in India, 1801-1805.
Marked "Private" on the address panel.
Volume 14 (MA 1271) 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 1271.1-60).
Colonel John Murray served as Quarter Master General in India, 1801-1805.
Marked "Private" on the address panel.
Volume 14 (MA 1271) 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 1271.1-60).
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of Manuscripts.
Summary
Referring to a personnel matter involving a Captain Bates; commenting on the recent defection of [Pierre-Cuillier] Perron from Scindia's army saying "The defection of Perron the day after Ally Ghur was taken in the gallant manner it was, was worth the taking of [illegible], for a French man quitting Scindia when we were at war with France will shew him he can have no dependence upon European Officers of any country in future - for who can he now trust - French men would not stay and he can expect none will after that, and to remove Europeans from the Service of the Country proves(?) they would soon lose all our Science and Tactics - and sink into their original ignorance - it is the greatest thing that has happened in my mind since the commencement of Hostilities;" commenting on the battle at Delhi and suggesting that it is unlikely to be a threat from Holkar as "indeed you have enough on your hands without his acting against you;" discussing various personnel issues including the assignment of an assistant surgeon.
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