Autograph letter signed : Oosterhout, to Sir James Pulteney, 1794 Aug. 8.

Record ID: 
389889
Accession number: 
MA 1273.28
Author: 
Taylor, Herbert, Sir, 1775-1839.
Credit: 
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description: 
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 23.6 cm
Notes: 

Marked 'Private" above the salutation.
Address panel with fragments of a seal and postmarks to "Major General / Sir James Pulteney Bart / &c &c &c / Carlisle/ Dunkeld."
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).

Summary: 

Reporting on an attack of their "advanced Posts" and their success in repulsing the attack and reoccupying the Posts; reporting "This morning every thing is quiet. The Enemy are in great force, & the Duke will take the first favorable Opportunity of attacking them. They are said to have detached a Corps of 6000 Men towards Bergen Op Zoom. At all Events We shall probably soon march to Bois le Duc. The Troops are to be reviewed this morning by the Princess of Orange;" adding, in a postscript, a plan should the Prince of Orange not be able to hold his position and concluding "Something decisive must happen soon, at least there is every appearance of it."

Provenance: 
Purchased from the Ford Collection of Manuscripts.