BIB_ID
387996
Accession number
MA 1269.35
Creator
Ogle, John, active 1794-1809.
Display Date
[1809?] Jan. 2.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 22.8 cm
Notes
It is likely that this correspondence relates to the Court Martial of Lieutenant Colonel Ogle on March 17, 1800 when as Commander of the 128th Regiment at Chatham Barracks he was accused of fraud and as a result his pay and rank were suspended for eighteen months. He resigned his commission on October 17, 1800.
Volume 12 (MA 1269) 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 1269.1-63).
Volume 12 (MA 1269) 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 1269.1-63).
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of Manuscripts.
Summary
Asking him to recall a communication related to the compensation provided for his recruits from Ireland to Chatham which he is claiming was insufficient.
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