Record ID:
390857
Accession number:
MA 1274.9
Credit:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description:
1 item (2 p.) ; 23.1 cm
Notes:
Volume 17 (MA 1274) 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 1274.1-74).
Summary:
Discussing the optimum time for the army to embark relative to the tides and moonlight; reporting that "the most favorable would be at Day Break or from eight till ten this evening: The Boats will be ready & all the officers of the Fleet to attend."
Provenance:
Purchased from the Ford Collection of Manuscripts.
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