James Wallace A.L.S. [Newport], Friday 11 o clock June 23d 1775 : to James Brindley, Esq.r, Newport

James Wallace A.L.S. [Newport], Friday 11 o clock June 23d 1775 : to James Brindley, Esq.r, Newport

Newport (Rhode-Island) 1775

[4] p. ; 20 cm. (4to)

MSS L1989.1.482

"Since what is past between you & me, I think there needs no more ceremony than for you to appoint time & place. I expect to meet you as a man to-morrow at 10. o.clock in any way you may think proper ...."|For Brindley's unsigned reply, see: MSS L1989.1.483, which requests "more time to prepare."|Identity of Brindley is uncertain. He may be the Francis Brindley who in 1776 was a 2nd lieutenant in Nicholson's New York Regiment.|For an account of Wallace's military career in America, see Alan Valentine. The British Establishment, 1760-1784, vol. 2.|According to the Oxford dict. of national biog., vol. 56, Wallace was appointed to the the frigate Rose and was "engaged in operations designed dto maintain a sense of insecurity among the rebels" along the New England coast.|For a discussion of the legality and practice of duelling at the time, see "The code of honor in colonial and revolutionary times with special reference to New England" IN Publications of The Colonial Society of Massachusetts, vol. 26, pp. 369-378.|Watermark: British coat of arms with GR below|Pages [2] and [3] are blank; page ]4] is address leaf.

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