BIB_ID
384660
Accession number
MA 1262.55
Creator
Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811.
Display Date
1792 Sept. 12.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 30.3 cm
Notes
Volume 5 (MA 1262) 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 1262.1-75).
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of manuscripts.
Summary
Acknowledging receipt of his letter which went first to Lord Grenville and then to the King; informing him that Lord Grenville shared his ideas and he also spoke with Mr. Pitt about it; offering their suggestions; saying "When the Duke of Brunswick again introduces any Conversation of the Nature he has lately done in his Interview with you, it will be easy for you to convey to him, that the System of Neutrality which His Majesty has adopted respecting the Affairs of France, would of course have precluded him from obtruding his Opinion on the Subjects which might probably occur for the Consideration of those Powers whose Armies had entered France under the Command of the Duke of Brunswick. But His Majesty could have no wish to avoid any Intercourse, which His Serene Highness might be desirous of opening on a Subject so interesting to all the Powers of Europe. At present, and uninformed as to the particular objects in View, it is impossible for me to say more, than in general to express the Hopes of His Majesty that the Result of the present Interference of the Powers of Germany, may be the Reestablishment of such a government in France, as on the one Hand, would protect other Powers from a Renewal of that Spirit of Restlessness and Intrigue, which has so often been fatal to the Tranquillity of Europe; and on the other Hand, secure to the Executive Government such a Degree of Energy and Vigour, as might enable it to extirpate those Seeds of Anarchy and Misrule, which had so peculiarly of late characterized the whole Transactions of that distracted Country. These are the general Principles which His Majesty feels on the Subject; but it is impossible to discuss it with more Precision, without knowing more in Detail what is meant by those more immediately interested. Long before this can reach you, the Duke of Brunswick is in Possession of the note which Lord Gower left with the French Minister, previous to his Departure from Paris. It was done with a View of affording such Protection to the Royal Family of France, as was compatible with the System of Neutrality which His Majesty has adopted; and I shall be happy if in that respect it shall appear, that this Country has anticipated the Wishes which the Duke of Brunswick has expressed to you in the Interview you have had with him. You will not fail to continue the Punctuality of Your Correspondence, as every Moment is full of Anxiety in this interesting Crisis."
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