BIB_ID
389920
Accession number
MA 1273.36
Creator
Taylor, Herbert, Sir, 1775-1839.
Display Date
1794 Oct. 28.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 20.1 cm
Notes
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).
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of Manuscripts.
Summary
Reporting on recent fighting near Nimeguen; giving details of positions and troop movements; adding that he expects little from the Prussians who have crossed the Rhine, "but am in great hopes Something will be done here soon."
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