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Autograph letter signed : "Robert Street Adelphi" [London], to William Pulteney, 1784 Aug. 2.

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.
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.