BIB_ID
137264
Accession number
MA 1272.45
Creator
Sontag, John, 1747-1816.
Display Date
1809 Jan. 4.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 23.0 cm
Notes
Endorsed.
Volume 15 (MA 1272) 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 1272.1-57).
Volume 15 (MA 1272) 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 1272.1-57).
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of Manuscripts.
Summary
Concerning a lack of intelligence reports and the inability to prepare adequately for an enemy attack; saying that "... Since the 17th last I understand no direct intelligence has been received from Sir John Moore[.] I am fearful that his communication with Almeida is intercepted; at this point all preparations for Embarkation are made Should the Enemy invade this Country as our force of the British and Hanoverian Troops will not be Sufficient to Stop the progress of an Enemy if a Considerable Corps should advance;" reporting that the Portuguese are ill prepared for an attack; reporting that the women, children and the sick have embarked; expressing his hope that he can send him good news of success by Sir John Moore "of which I have not the least doubt unless he has to Cope with too great a Superiority."
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