Collection of 4 A.LL.S.from Sandy, Bedfordshire; Gravesend; and London : to an anonymous "Dear Sir", 17 June -24 June, 1875
1875
MSS L1978.68 (1-4)
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Title
Collection of 4 A.LL.S.from Sandy, Bedfordshire; Gravesend; and London : to an anonymous "Dear Sir", 17 June -24 June, 1875
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Sandy, Bedfordshire, [Eng.]|Gravesend, [Eng.]|London 1875
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4 items
Call Number
MSS L1978.68 (1-4)
Note
All concern Burgoyne family heirlooms, especially a watch.
No. 1, from J. Montagu Burgoyne to an unidentified person, June 17, 1875, regrets, in answer to a query that "almost the whole of my family heirlooms, except a few pictures were destroyed when this house was burned down in 1827. I have heard the story about the watch before but have never heard of the existence of the watch." He suggests that the questioner refer to the papers of "the late Field Marshal Sir John Fox Burgoyne ... a son of General Burgoyne." Alternatively, he suggests that Colonel "Geo. Wrottesley ... is the person most likely to know about this, as he married Sir John's daughter and has written a history of his life."
No. 2, 20 June 1875, from Wrottesley, thanks him for his "anecdote about Genl. Burgoyne, which I have sent to M. E. B. de Fonblanque " whose book about Burgoyne is about to be published; also mentions a case concerning Burgoyne which came before the Court of Kings Bench but does not recall any "allusion to the story of the watch amongst Genl. Burgoyne's papers. He appears to have destroyed all his letters which didn't bear on public events."
No. 3. 23 June 1875, also from Wrottesley apparently to the same person mentions sending his letters to Fonblanque [Fonblank} and recommends that he look up Dobson's book in the British Museum.
No. 4, 24 June [18]76 from E. de Fonblanque informs the sender that Colonel Wrottesby has sent his communications relating to General Burgoyne, saying that in the papers currently in his possession "there is very little that throws light upon the private life of the General"; moreover, his "journal which would have been full of interest has been destroyed."
Also in no. 4: I have hitherto been rather in the dark about the circumstances which led to the trial in the Court of Kings Bench & to Burgoyne's conviction."
"You are aware that Burgoyne though a Whig, had no sympathy with the American cause originally & that it was not until 1778 that he allied himself with Fox & others of the opposition. He subsequently became intimate with Burke ...."
"You speak of him as Sir John Burgoyne. He was never knighted though after his capture of Ticondaroga in the early part of his campaign of 77 the King offered him the red ribband which he declined.
Gift of Thomas B. Cormack, Virginia Society
No. 1, from J. Montagu Burgoyne to an unidentified person, June 17, 1875, regrets, in answer to a query that "almost the whole of my family heirlooms, except a few pictures were destroyed when this house was burned down in 1827. I have heard the story about the watch before but have never heard of the existence of the watch." He suggests that the questioner refer to the papers of "the late Field Marshal Sir John Fox Burgoyne ... a son of General Burgoyne." Alternatively, he suggests that Colonel "Geo. Wrottesley ... is the person most likely to know about this, as he married Sir John's daughter and has written a history of his life."
No. 2, 20 June 1875, from Wrottesley, thanks him for his "anecdote about Genl. Burgoyne, which I have sent to M. E. B. de Fonblanque " whose book about Burgoyne is about to be published; also mentions a case concerning Burgoyne which came before the Court of Kings Bench but does not recall any "allusion to the story of the watch amongst Genl. Burgoyne's papers. He appears to have destroyed all his letters which didn't bear on public events."
No. 3. 23 June 1875, also from Wrottesley apparently to the same person mentions sending his letters to Fonblanque [Fonblank} and recommends that he look up Dobson's book in the British Museum.
No. 4, 24 June [18]76 from E. de Fonblanque informs the sender that Colonel Wrottesby has sent his communications relating to General Burgoyne, saying that in the papers currently in his possession "there is very little that throws light upon the private life of the General"; moreover, his "journal which would have been full of interest has been destroyed."
Also in no. 4: I have hitherto been rather in the dark about the circumstances which led to the trial in the Court of Kings Bench & to Burgoyne's conviction."
"You are aware that Burgoyne though a Whig, had no sympathy with the American cause originally & that it was not until 1778 that he allied himself with Fox & others of the opposition. He subsequently became intimate with Burke ...."
"You speak of him as Sir John Burgoyne. He was never knighted though after his capture of Ticondaroga in the early part of his campaign of 77 the King offered him the red ribband which he declined.
Gift of Thomas B. Cormack, Virginia Society
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