BIB_ID
390094
Accession number
MA 1273.42
Creator
Taylor, Herbert, Sir, 1775-1839.
Display Date
1800 July 12.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 23.6 cm
Notes
Address panel seal and postmarks "A Monsieur / Le Capitaine de Bouglon / 51 Charlton Str / Somers town."
There is an unsigned note, likely in the hand of Monsieur de Bouglon, saying this letter is in response to a letter written to Mr. Taylor on July 8th in which he expressed his fears about his departure given the delay.
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).
There is an unsigned note, likely in the hand of Monsieur de Bouglon, saying this letter is in response to a letter written to Mr. Taylor on July 8th in which he expressed his fears about his departure given the delay.
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
Reaffirming the job offer and promising to reimburse him for expenses incurred during the delay in departure.
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