BIB_ID
390864
Accession number
MA 1274.13
Creator
Warren, John Borlase, Sir, 1753-1822.
Display Date
1800 Sept. 11.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 31.7 cm
Notes
The ink has significantly faded on the right side of this letter so it is unclear the full intent of the content as well as the exact date, which appears to read "11 Sept. 1800."
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).
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).
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of Manuscripts.
Summary
Acknowledging receipt of his letter and sending him "my Public Letter to Each [illegible] of the 27th ultimo;" with a postscript saying he is returning papers "containing the State of the Spanish Force for the perusal of which I am much obliged to you."
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