BIB_ID
389075
Accession number
MA 1271.22
Creator
Nicholls, Oliver S., 1740-1829.
Display Date
1803 Dec. 27.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 23.0 cm
Notes
Address panel with traces of a seal to "Colonel Murray / Commanding in / Gujerat."
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
Updating him on the arrival of the new men for the new battalion; reporting that he has heard a peace has been signed with Scindia and has been sent to Calcutta for ratification by the Governor General; adding "Holkars bitterest Enemy has claimed the protection of the Paishwa and asked leave to go and stay at Poona; this Col. Close could not prevent; though he spoke about it; the answer was that the Paishwa's dignity required his giving a hospitable reception to such leaders as submitted and apply for it. I believe the name is Jaswant Row, but it is in the paper I sent you from the Gov'r with a sketch of the family of Holkar - but the circumstance of the person who has claimed protection being the declared Enemy of Holkar, will be enough for you to know and find him out by. This Mr. Duncan desired me to say, was the only possible case that he knew of, when Holkar might be disposed to be unfriendly to us on the supposition the measure met our approbation which is not the case."
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