BIB_ID
79999
Accession number
MA 487.5
Creator
Abercromby, Robert, Sir, 1740-1827.
Display Date
1799 May 6.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 25.1cm
Notes
The place of writing is unclear.
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).
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
Regretting that his brother had been unsuccessful in getting him the command of the two Companies of Invalids at Fort George; encouraging him not to complain and trust that something will turn up.
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