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Autograph document signed : "Horse Guards" [London],, to M. de Bouglon, 1801 Feb. 4.

BIB_ID
390098
Accession number
MA 1273.45
Creator
Taylor, Herbert, Sir, 1775-1839.
Display Date
1801 Feb. 4.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 23.7 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).
With what appears to be a return address from a previous communication pasted into the letter "Mr. de Bouglon / No. 38 Evesham / Building / Sommerstown."
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of Manuscripts.
Summary
Attesting to the circumstances surrounding the appointment of Monsieur de Bouglon for foreign service under Sir James Pulteney and to the added expense incurred by Monsieur de Bouglon during his delayed embarkation.