BIB_ID
389136
Accession number
MA 1271.44
Creator
Petre, Robert Edward Petre, Baron, 1763-1809.
Display Date
1807 Nov. 22.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 23.8 cm
Notes
Endorsed.
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
Asking for his assistance with regard to a memorial on behalf of a Mrs. White who had two sons in the British Army who died in the East Indies; expressing his pleasure that he has "such a quantity of Game at Buckenham and that you continue to be satisfied with the place and house;" asking if he might send him some pheasants from time to time.
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