Sales catalogue 579: Maggs Bros

Date:
1932
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/13/123
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 579: Maggs Bros. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1340 AMHERST (JEFFREY, BARON, 1717-1707). Field Marshal. Com- manded against the French in Canada after the death of Wolfe. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED. I. Dagews4to.. eon. peptemper 1757; £7 10s Respecting some Accounts he granted for payment whilst in com- mand in America, and mentioning General Thomas Gage who succeeded aH “. , . Every account was transmitted to the Pay Office with the War- rant, or when a, Warrant was for money on Account the Account must have been made clear in a subsequent Warrant; when I left America, General Gage remained in Command and I conclude followed the same Rule,’ AFTER BLENHEIM. 1341 ANNE (1665-1714). Queen of Great Britain. LE TERE RSG NE DUN, LATIN) WITH, AWTOGRAPH SUB- SORLY ON Ome Oe EOP OR PALA TING ANDY THE GIRCLE) OB Whip RUB PER, RHINE, 24 pp., folio. St. James’s Palace, 3rd November, 1704, £9 10s A letter of great historical interest addressed to the German Allies of England in the War of the Spanish Succession, and written a few months after the victory of Blenheim. It urges upon the Elector the importance and necessity of providing money and stores, also a properly oe army ready to take the field early the next year. (Trans.) :— . Most illustrious and noble prince, kinsman, and very dear friend, ie your Serene Highness, Prince, brother, and very dear friend. It is sufficiently well known of how creat importance it is to success in war that the army should be led into the field of battle in the early part of the year, equipped with all those things which are necessary to accomplish that which shall be to the common advantage. For so far from being able to accomplish something of those things which the practice of war demands if the soldiers remain in winter quarters unprepared, we may even by this means afford an opportunity to the enemy of falling upon us. We have therefore taken care by dili- gent preparation that nothing should be wanting to our forces at the beginning, And we have considered that our allies ought to be exhorted so much the more to do the same, because so great and so unwearied may be the zeal of our enemies that it would be the greatest disgrace to us if we suffered ourselves to be sur- passed in diligence by them, to whom we are far superior in the justice of our cause and the number and valour of our soldiers. Our troops are always pre- pared, and neither the time of the year nor the inclemnency of the weather prevents them from pursuing the course which has been commanded, indeed, both suffi- cient corn and weapons of war are in store for them, and everywhere both store- houses and magazines are well filled. There is no need to stay to enumerate these
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