Sales catalogue 538: Maggs Bros

Date:
1930
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/13/93
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 538: Maggs Bros. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (3) een a ee en a aa 617 WASHINGTON (GEORGE, 1732-1709). First President of the United States. LETTER. SIGNED TO COL... MORGAN. $-page, 4to. Paramus, 7th December, 1778. £52 10s An interesting war letter addressed to Col. Daniel Morgan, who served with distinction. He was present at the capture of Burgoyne, and commanded a brigade at the battle of Cowpens, where he gained a signal victory, for which he was awarded a medal by Congress. “On receipt of this letter you will proceed with the Brigade under your command to middle Brook, where your ground will be pointed out to you by the Quarter Master Gen!. Col. Clark has orders to relieve the Guard at Mr. Erskines, & I shall give Col. Febiger instructions before I leave this place.” CONQUEST OF BENGAL. 618 WATSON (CCLONEL HENRY, 1737-1786). Engineer. Translated Euler on shipbuilding. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (INITIALS), BEING THE DRAPE OF HIS LETTER 1O:SIR EYRE COOTE. 16 pp., folio. Fort William, 27th March, 1780. £5 5s A lengthy letter addressed to General Sir Eyre Coote, chiefly on political and military matters. ‘T am not surprised that you should have received very different accounts of and various motives assigned for this supposed Coalition of Parties. the writers of such news I believe know very little of the matter for I can venture to assure you there is no union or alliance whatever, consequently not a Coalition. It is simply a Pacification. I was very much surprised to find that you had received no intimation of this extraordinary cessation of arms, how far Mr. Hastings might be bound to give you notice of such an arrangement I do not know but I do not conceive Mr. Francis was under any obligation, as I find he has not had the honour of any Communication with you since March, 1777, or the smallest share in your Confidence. ‘The resolution which you declare to have taken of preserving yourself and actions free from Party in the first Place is I think almost impracticable for it is a very hazardous and difficult Task to ballance between the extremes of right and wrong and secondly J must observe upon this point that your Conduct and Principles are universally misunderstood, for I most solemnly assure you that all men I believe without the exception of a single Individual do consider you as having taken a most decided part with Messrs. Hastings and Barwell. “Tam going to differ in opinion with you respecting the ability of France to lead fifteen thousand European Troops for the Conquest of Bengal, you will please to remember that upwards of seven thousand men were stole into the Island of Mauritius in the year 1770 which body was only a part. of the Zone intended for our destruction at that time. Count D’Estaing with the Ships of War and East Embarkation of Troops from France was soon to have joined them but fortun- ately for us the machinations of Choiseul with the Spanish Ministry was dis- covered.’’ Htc.