Address panel with a seal to "Major General / Sir James Murray Bart / M.P. / &c &c &c / London."
Volume 16 (MA 1273) 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 1273.1-54).
Expressing his hope that General Clerfayt's attack on the French was successful and reporting that the bombardment at Ypres appears to have ceased; commenting that "There is every probability that the Prussians will act in West Flanders. The Emperor was here a few Days since & went away to the Army of the Rhine the Day before Yesterday. The P. of Waldeck is sick & the P. of Coburg rather embarassé. If Clairfayt succeeds, Ypres will be saved & Courtray probably evacuated. This will not only advance our line of Defence, but shorten it."