BIB_ID
390014
Accession number
MA 1273.39
Creator
Taylor, Herbert, Sir, 1775-1839.
Display Date
1794 Nov. 27.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 23.9 cm
Notes
Address panel with fragments of a seal to "Major General / Sir James Pulteney 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
Offering his opinion on the their allies; saying "There is no news of any kind. To repeat what has happened would be useless, to mention all our Subjects of Complaint against all of our worthy Allies would be a Labour for Tantalus. The Austrians can only be kept by money & are compleatly destitute of every Sentiment of Trust or Honor. The Prussians are I believe actually negociating a Separate Peace with France at Basle & the Dutch very much disposed to do the same thing. Their Indisposition to Us is great beyond description & I am certain the most fortunate Event for Us, would be Holland's concluding a Separate Peace, provided they would not avail Themselves of that Opportunity to betray Us entirely which would be perfectly consistent with the whole of their infamous & cowardly Conduct;" marking the next paragraph "Private", underlining each sentence and continuing, "The 50,000 Pounds advanced to Austria will be increased to 100,000 on Condition that these advances shall be considered as a Loan & that a Corps of 30,000 Austrians shall remain at the entire Disposal of the Commander in Chief of the B. Army the Command of wh will then again be offered to the Duke of Brunswick who had twice refused."
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