BIB_ID
389866
Accession number
MA 1273.18
Creator
Taylor, Herbert, Sir, 1775-1839.
Display Date
1794 June 13.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 23.7 cm
Notes
Address panel with a seal to "Major General / Sir James Murray Bart / M.P. / &c &c &c / London."
Volume 16 (MA 1273) 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 1273.1-54).
Volume 16 (MA 1273) 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 1273.1-54).
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of Manuscripts.
Summary
Expressing his hope that General Clerfayt's attack on the French was successful and reporting that the bombardment at Ypres appears to have ceased; commenting that "There is every probability that the Prussians will act in West Flanders. The Emperor was here a few Days since & went away to the Army of the Rhine the Day before Yesterday. The P. of Waldeck is sick & the P. of Coburg rather embarassé. If Clairfayt succeeds, Ypres will be saved & Courtray probably evacuated. This will not only advance our line of Defence, but shorten it."
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