James Wolfe, A.L.S. Devises 18 July 1756 : to Thomas Townshend
1756
MSS L2008F48
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Title
James Wolfe, A.L.S. Devises 18 July 1756 : to Thomas Townshend
Published
Devises, [England] 1756
Description
[3] p. ; 23 cm.
Call Number
MSS L2008F48
Note
Letter offers advice for Townshend’s younger brother, Henry, who just entered military service, about what to read to prepare for the profession.
Wolfe begins: "You cannot find me a more agreable [sic] Employment than to serve or oblige you, & I wish with all my heart that my inclination & abilities were of equal force. I do not recollect what it was that I recommended to Mr. Cornwallis's newphew, it might be the Comte de Turpin's Book, which is certainly worth looking into, as it contains a good deal of plain Practice. Your Brother, no doubt, is Master of the Latin & French Languages & has some knowledge of the Mathematicks; without this last he can never become acquainted with one considerable Branch of our Business, the construction of Fortifications & the attack & defense of places ..."; then he mentions 26 authors or specific titles on art of war & concludes:“In these days of scarcity & in these unlucky Times it were much to be wished that all our young soldiers of Birth & Education would follow your Brother’s steps & [as] they will have their turn to command, that they would try to make themselves fit for that important Trust ...”
Docketed on verso: "Original letter from General Wolfe to Lord Sydney"
Published in Gentleman's magazine, v. 61 (Mar, 1791), p. 212-213 (call no. 052 G329); extracted from the magazine, the text of letter copied on the free endpapers of the book "Military memoirs and maxims of Marshal Turenne ..." Dublin, 1783 (see case file)
Transcription in case file.
Wolfe begins: "You cannot find me a more agreable [sic] Employment than to serve or oblige you, & I wish with all my heart that my inclination & abilities were of equal force. I do not recollect what it was that I recommended to Mr. Cornwallis's newphew, it might be the Comte de Turpin's Book, which is certainly worth looking into, as it contains a good deal of plain Practice. Your Brother, no doubt, is Master of the Latin & French Languages & has some knowledge of the Mathematicks; without this last he can never become acquainted with one considerable Branch of our Business, the construction of Fortifications & the attack & defense of places ..."; then he mentions 26 authors or specific titles on art of war & concludes:“In these days of scarcity & in these unlucky Times it were much to be wished that all our young soldiers of Birth & Education would follow your Brother’s steps & [as] they will have their turn to command, that they would try to make themselves fit for that important Trust ...”
Docketed on verso: "Original letter from General Wolfe to Lord Sydney"
Published in Gentleman's magazine, v. 61 (Mar, 1791), p. 212-213 (call no. 052 G329); extracted from the magazine, the text of letter copied on the free endpapers of the book "Military memoirs and maxims of Marshal Turenne ..." Dublin, 1783 (see case file)
Transcription in case file.
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