BIB_ID
384080
Accession number
MA 1261.46
Display Date
1799 May 25.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (5 p., with address) ; 24.3 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Sir James Murray Pulteney / Bart. / London."
The writer of the letter seems to be an Englishman resident in Milan; see MA 1261.45 for his signature.
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.
With postmark and trace of a seal.
The writer of the letter seems to be an Englishman resident in Milan; see MA 1261.45 for his signature.
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.
With postmark and trace of a seal.
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of manuscripts.
Summary
Commenting on victories by the Germans [and Austrians] against the French; noting that Austrian troops under [Count Heinrich von] Bellegarde "committed the most horrid enormities -- rapes, murders, pillages, & devastations"; giving an account of the French losses: "a Detachment of Austrians & Russians was sent immediately against them [the French], who, after a few sharp engagements, put an end to their existence -- about one thousand of the Republicans remained unpon the spot, nearly three thousand surrendered, the rest dispersed, & left behind some field pieces, a large stock of ammunition, & sundry other military implements"; mentioning General [Jean Victor Marie] Moreau; quoting at length from a letter from Lord Bristol [Frederick Hervey] written from Trieste on May 11, 1799.
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