BIB_ID
79971
Accession number
MA 487.6
Creator
Abercromby, Robert, Sir, 1740-1827.
Display Date
1809 Apr. 20.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 24.4 cm.
Notes
Docketed.
Marked "Private" above the salutation.
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).
Marked "Private" above the salutation.
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).
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of manuscripts.
Summary
Concerning an accounting discrepancy relating to the 75th Regiment [Abercomby's Highlanders]; adding that if the decision of the Government is "unfavorable, I shall have reason to lament my hard Fate, as it will give a serious Check to the [illegible] Improvements [illegible] on here, the Superintendence of which is the only employment I am now fit for, and which, in fact has kept me alive, since my Return from India;" concluding that he hopes to see him soon and promises him "good Mutton, good Wine and a most hearty welcome."
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