Marked "Private" above the salutation.
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).
Concerning orders for the Schooner Milbrook to transport forage to the army; advising him that when the wind changes he must "put to sea. Therefore you had better give the Commissary Directions accordingly; adding news of possible peace prospects saying he had a letter from the Governor saying "...Berthier is at Madrid to make peace with us & Portugal;" adding the reported losses by the French at Ferrol.