BIB_ID
390294
Accession number
MA 1273.49
Creator
Thorne, Percy Frederick, active 1807-1809.
Display Date
1808 July 16.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 25.7 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).
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of Manuscripts.
Summary
Commenting on the state of the military force in Ceylon; discussing, at length and in detail, issues related to his rank, his income and future postings.
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