Mountford, Timothy, fl. 1804-1810 to Tobias Lear re: description of military situation in Algiers
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02794.060 Author/Creator: Mountford, Timothy, fl. 1804-1810 Place Written: Algiers, Algeria Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1804/02/30 Pagination: 2 p. + address 25 x 20.3 cm Order a Copy
Mountford writes that "in case of an attack on my own Garrison" he will most likely suffer because the people under his command are "sick," "Nobody," "willing-but-slow" and "Good for nothing." Yet he is cautiously opitmistic: "If I did . . . to groan, tremble & start at everything that snaps -- would only make a bad matter worse." Mountford was Lear's secretary in Algiers. Docketed on address leaf.
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