TALLMADGE, BENJAMIN, (Jr.), Lieutenant-Colonel, Continental Army. Autograph letter signed ("Benjn. Tallmadge") TO JAMES MCHENRY, Washington, D.C., 29 November 1812. 3 pages, 4to, light discoloration of paper. A good letter on the early defeats in the War of 1812: "...Really you have retired pretty much from the bustle of the world...Baltimore [where McHenry lived] was...a place suitable for Gentlemen who loved [George] Washington and imbibed his Sentiments...Our sessions [in Congress]...have been rather barren of incident than otherwise....The House have passed a Bill raising the wages of Privates in the Army...It also authorizes the Enlistment of Minors above 18 years Old, & secures from arrest Debtors...who will fly to the American standard...I intend to forward the President's Message....Our Northern & Western Armies seem to be doomed misfortune and Disgrace. One large item in the latter account is the wonderful propensity which some of our Commanders have to write proclamations...." Letters of Tallmadge, Washington's spymaster during the Revolution, are uncommon.
TALLMADGE, BENJAMIN, (Jr.), Lieutenant-Colonel, Continental Army. Autograph letter signed ("Benjn. Tallmadge") TO JAMES MCHENRY, Washington, D.C., 29 November 1812. 3 pages, 4to, light discoloration of paper. A good letter on the early defeats in the War of 1812: "...Really you have retired pretty much from the bustle of the world...Baltimore [where McHenry lived] was...a place suitable for Gentlemen who loved [George] Washington and imbibed his Sentiments...Our sessions [in Congress]...have been rather barren of incident than otherwise....The House have passed a Bill raising the wages of Privates in the Army...It also authorizes the Enlistment of Minors above 18 years Old, & secures from arrest Debtors...who will fly to the American standard...I intend to forward the President's Message....Our Northern & Western Armies seem to be doomed misfortune and Disgrace. One large item in the latter account is the wonderful propensity which some of our Commanders have to write proclamations...." Letters of Tallmadge, Washington's spymaster during the Revolution, are uncommon.
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