Letter from Sir Henry Pottinger to ''My Dear Sir''
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Object number2014.03354.01.002
TitleLetter from Sir Henry Pottinger to ''My Dear Sir''
Creator Sophia Macnamara (Lady) Hawes (owner), Henry Pottinger (creator)
DescriptionA letter from Sir Henry Pottinger, 67 Eaton Square, to ''My Dear Sir'', apologising for the slow reply, mentions a 'melancholy state of affairs' and mentions that he is free for a future meeting with Lord Grey. Dated ''Thursday Eve''.
Henry Pottinger was a Bombay Army Officer and colonial administrator and governor of Hong Kong 1843-4
The letter is contained within an album of letters addressed to the Brunel and Hawes family and held in a brown hardback album belonging to Lady Sophia Macnamara Hawes, page 5.
Production date 1843-06-26 - 1844-05-08
Object categorypersonal record
Materialpaper
Techniquemanufactured, hand-written
Dimensions
- height: 180 mm
width: 226 mm
Credit line“Accepted under the Cultural Gifts Scheme by HM Government from Clive Richards OBE DL and allocated to the ss Great Britain Trust, 2017”