BIB_ID
80269
Accession number
MA 487.17
Creator
Aitkens, R.F., Lieut., active 1806.
Display Date
1806 May 17.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 22.9 cm
Notes
The signature of the letter appears to be "R.F. Aitkens", however, in the published charges against these men for their Courts Martial, he is listed as "Adkins."
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).
With the additional signatures on the verso of Lieutenants Birch, Bishop, Bath, Ramsden, Richardson and Nicholl.
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).
With the additional signatures on the verso of Lieutenants Birch, Bishop, Bath, Ramsden, Richardson and Nicholl.
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of manuscripts.
Summary
Acknowledging his offer to testify on their behalf but recognizing "of how much consequence your presence in London is at this time; asking if he would "write to us, as to the points we wish to establish by your evidence" in expectation that would satisfy the Court; explaining that they did make a public apology which they believed satisfied "everything you required;" requesting a clarification on the private versus military nature of their conduct; asking if he would send the original letters on the subject in order that they could produce them in court.
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