Autograph letter signed : Ostend, to [Sir James Pulteney?], 1793 Nov. 25.

Record ID: 
120724
Accession number: 
MA 1264.9
Author: 
Lynedoch, Thomas Graham, Baron, 1748-1843.
Credit: 
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description: 
1 item (4 p.) ; 22.7 cm
Notes: 

The recipient of this letter is not identified, however, Lord Lynedoch sends his respects to "Mrs. Harcourt", making it possible it was directed to Field Marshal William Harcourt (1743-1830) and not to Sir James Pulteney.
Volume 7 (MA 1264) 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 1264.1-56).

Summary: 

Recommending Dr. Webster to him for an appointment as a physician in the army; relating additional detailed intelligence on the "environs of Toulon" following an earlier account.

Provenance: 
Purchased from the Ford Collection of manuscripts.