BIB_ID
132021
Accession number
MA 1270.8
Creator
Montrose, James Graham, Duke of, 1755-1836.
Display Date
1799 May 19.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 24.1 cm
Notes
Volume 13 (MA 1270) 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 1270.1-50).
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of Manuscripts.
Summary
Commenting on Fort George; saying "This is the completest little place I ever saw & I think was well adapted when built, to the objects of the times, & tho' one would not think perhaps of building it under the present circumstances, I am clearly of opinion it ought to be kept up. It is an excellent, safe Depot, even as things now are, & not to be insulted by a small force, tho' it should have but one strong Reg't, & a few Artillery to defend it. We are very desirous to hear about the Brest Fleet, tho' the space of time which must elapse between your knowing in London its destination, & the news arriving here, takes off very much from that edge, interest, & anxiety which prevails at the place where the counteracting measures are to be determined on."
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