BIB_ID
389043
Accession number
MA 1271.17
Creator
Nicholls, Oliver S., 1740-1829.
Display Date
1803 Nov. 25.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 23.0 cm
Notes
Colonel John Murray served as Quarter Master General in India, 1801-1805.
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).
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
Acknowledging receipt of his recent letters and commenting on his assessment of the situation; saying "The freedom with which you state your sentiments though such as I must approve of, are rather novel from that quarter, and the account you give of the [illegible] Generals differ I fancy from the other statements from that quarter also. I hope you may be wrong in your supposition of their soon being opposed to us openly instead of appearing our pretended friends, yet doing no one act worthy that appellation;"discussing his attempts to find some things suitable for him to give as presents; acknowledging receipt of his letter of the 15th which "contained news so important that I shewed it to the Gov'r & shall forward a Copy of it to Ge'nl Wellesley - One would think our successes would have established Holkars neutrality at least, if not his solicitude to be come a friend...;" referring to the "taking of Agra - after which the enemy left their old leaders and several Corps came over to Gen'l Lake & are now with him. "
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