BIB_ID
125617
Accession number
MA 9653
Creator
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
Display Date
undated.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 22.3 x 18.4 cm
Notes
North gives only "Wednesday night" for a date of writing. An earlier catalog record suggests that this was written between 1778-1782, but this cannot be confirmed.
Summary
Saying that he has "often wish'd to see you in the course of these four or five days past, in which the great affair has taken several unexpected turns"; describing his feelings: "My anxieties have been continual, & my vexations have kept me in a perpetual torment: at length, we are come to a point that matters either with me, or without me will be speedily concluded"; adding further: "But I am not convinced that I shall ever recover the good spirits, which I enjoy'd before this battle"; saying that he is afraid his correspondent is displeased with him: "This belief gave me, I assure you, the most real concern. I hope that this is without foundation, & I trust I shall soon hear it from your own mouth."
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