BIB_ID
383766
Accession number
MA 1261.33
Creator
Craufurd, Lieut. Gen. (Charles Gregan), 1761-1821.
Display Date
[17]99 Apr. 19.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 22.8 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
Thanking him for his letter; noting that he was just visited by his brother, Robert, who was "in great health and spirits" because "the campaign in Ireland ... agreed with him perfectly"; commenting on the campaign in Germany; saying that he thinks "the fall or at least the diminution of the French Power is commencing"; speculating that "the next great efforts of the Austrians will be to reconquer Switzerland"; informing him that he plans to sail for England in the middle of May.
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