Address panel to "His Royal Highness / Field Marshal / The Duke of York / &c &c &c."
Volume 2 (MA 297) 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 297.1-65).
Offering his services as a private citizen to help the war efforts; clarifying that he is not seeking a Staff appointment or compensation, but rather "as a Private Gentleman residing in a very populous part of Yorkshire, & I am sorry to add surrounded by many disaffected people;" saying that he must stay where he is until the War Office resolves the issues surrounding the seventy thousand pounds he is owed and therefore "cannot for those reasons offer myself for General Service..."