Autograph letter signed : "Farm near Tunbridge Wells", to Sir James [Pulteney], 1807 Nov. 8.

Record ID:

387525

Accession number:

MA 1268.49

Author:

Macpherson, John, Sir, 1745-1821.

Credit:

Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.

Description:

1 item (7 p., with address) ; 22.9 cm

Notes:

Address panel to "The Right Honourable / Sir James Pulteney / &c &c &c / from Sir John Macpherson."
Endorsed.
Volume 11 (MA 1268) 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 1268.1-60).

Summary:

Discussing his hopes for peace and giving three detailed reasons he is hopeful including the possibility of the Earl of Chatham's becoming Prime Minister as the health of the Duke of Portland fails; commenting, at length, on the qualifications of the Earl of Chatham.

Provenance:

Purchased from the Ford Collection of manuscripts.

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Department:

Literary and Historical Manuscripts