BIB_ID
389147
Accession number
MA 1271.52
Creator
Pitt, William, 1759-1806.
Display Date
"Tuesday" [1803?] Jan. 25.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 23.4 cm
Notes
The year of writing is not provided, however, January 25th fell on a Tuesday in 1803.
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).
Written in the third person.
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).
Written in the third person.
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of Manuscripts.
Summary
Presenting his compliments and apologizing that he is unable to make the appointment he requests for the position of Coastwaiter but could offer a position for a Tidewaiter place with the same salary as that of a Coastwaiter.
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