BIB_ID
389918
Accession number
MA 1273.34
Creator
Taylor, Herbert, Sir, 1775-1839.
Display Date
1794 Oct. 12.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 30.3 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal to "Major General Sir James Pulteney 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).
With a note above the salutation "The Garrison of Bois le Duc march out & are not to serve till exchanged."
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).
With a note above the salutation "The Garrison of Bois le Duc march out & are not to serve till exchanged."
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of Manuscripts.
Summary
Regretting to inform him of "...two bad Pieces of News. Gen'l Clerfayt has crossed the Rhine & Bois le Duc has surrendered; upon what Terms I do not know;" reporting on the troop positions and activity.
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