BIB_ID
79970
Accession number
MA 487.13
Creator
Adam, William, 1738-1821.
Display Date
1784 Aug. 2.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 32.4 cm
Notes
Volume 1 (MA 487) 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 487.1-46).
William Johnstone took the name Pulteney in 1767 on his wife's succeeding to the estates of Lord Bath.
William Johnstone took the name Pulteney in 1767 on his wife's succeeding to the estates of Lord Bath.
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of manuscripts.
Summary
Discussing a position for a Mr. Clerk; discussing, at length, the issues surrounding the Navy Debt.
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