BIB_ID
383731
Accession number
MA 1261.28
Creator
Craufurd, Lieut. Gen. (Charles Gregan), 1761-1821.
Display Date
1794 Apr. 11.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 23.1 cm
Notes
Volume 4 (MA 1261) 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 MA 1261 for more information.
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of manuscripts.
Summary
Reporting that they "are now all in preparation for warlike movements -- but as yet quite quiet"; saying that he isn't sending any details "for fear of a letter mis-carrying"; noting that the "French are certainly in great force, but wretchedly composed"; discussing the preparations the British have made for war;
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