BIB_ID
390032
Accession number
MA 1273.40
Creator
Taylor, Herbert, Sir, 1775-1839.
Display Date
1795 Nov. 24.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (6 p.) ; 24.0 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
Informing him that the Duke of York had appointed him an Aide-de-Camp and thanking him for all he has done to make it possible; commenting on the "Disturbances...of late, principally in consequence of a Bill to prevent Seditious Meetings. This Bill is to pass I believe Tomorrow and notwithstanding the Artful & violent Steps which Opposition takes & causes to be taken, Ministry appear determined to persist in it, & the Efforts of the Mob which their opponents collect on all occasions are very little to be apprehended, when there are near 15000 of the Military in & about Town; commenting on the delay in the West India Expedition due to bad weather; relating various troop positions, movements and engagements; adding, in a postscript, that the Duke is at Bath with General and Mrs. Harcourt and he has been working in the Duke's office with General Brownrigg.
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