VI.
1757.
[War
with
France
-
Duke
of
Cumberland
leaves
for
Westphalia
-
Emin
stranded
-
(Letter
to
Mrs.
Montagu
-
to
Lord
Northumberland)
-
His
friends
help
him
Stade
-
Dukes
levée
-
The
campaign.
]
NOTE.
Correspondence.
To
Dr.
Monsey
-
to
his
Patronesses
-
to
Dr.
Monsey
-
to
Mrs.
Montagu
-
Extracts
from
Letters
of
Mrs.
Montagu
referring
to
Emin
-
Letter
from
Mrs.
Montagu
to
her
Sister
-
Emin
to
Lord
Albemarle
-
to
Mrs.
Montagu
-
Lady
Sophia
Egertons
letter
of
introduction
to
her
Uncle
-
her
letter
to
Emin
-
Emin
to
Lord
Cathcart
-
to
Mr.
Pitt
-
Mrs.
Montagu
to
her
husband.
Emin
had
just
began
to
pick
up
some
small
knowledge
in
Euclids
Elements,
Algebra,
and
drawing
plans
of
forts,
in
the
course
of
thirteen
months,
but
hardly
enough
to
make
him
fit
for
any
of
the
branches
in
the
art
of
war,
when
the
hostilities
began
with
France.
Lord
Cathcart
spoke
in
behalf
of
Emin
to
his
royal
protector,
what
he
should
do?
and
asked,
whether
he
should
continue
in
the
academy,
or
follow
the
Duke
to
Westphalia?
His
Royal
Highness
told
his
lordship
to
ask
him,
which
of
the
two
he
chose?
and
he
answered,
that
he
preferred
a
campaign,
where
the
practice
of
the
art
of
war
was
displayed,
to
living
in
the
dull
theory
of
it;
that
as
he
was
then
thirty-one
years
of
age,
the
seeing
of
one
campaign
might
be
more
useful
to
him
than
study
at
home
for
five
years.
Such
was
his
answer
through
Lord
Cathcart
to
the
Duke,
who
approved
it
much,
and
said
to
his
lordship,
he
was
glad
to
hear
Emin
preferred
fighting
to
study.
He
then
ordered
general
Napier
to
buy
him
two
good
horses,
with
camp
equipages;
and,
having
before
recommended
him
to
the
Hessian
General,
ordered
him
to
follow.
His
Royal
Highness
having
crossed
the
Channel
before
the
Hanoverian
army,
Emin
was
left
behind
neglected.
The
Duke
his
patron
said,
it
was
a
delicate
point
to
interfere
in,
and
could
not
give
him
advice,
and
went
to
his
country
seat;
general
Napier
would
have
nothing
to
say
to
him
any
more,
and
immediately
cut
off
his
allowance.
LETTER
TO
MRS.
MONTAGU.
(May
16
1757)
Madam,
It
was
your
desire
that
I
shoud
write
to
you
of
my
Situation
when
I
come
down
here,
which
is
at
present
a
very
doubtfull
one,
&
am
sorry
to
say
so;
because
it
will
be
only
making
you
uneasey.
I
saw
M
r
Muller
the
Cheif
Master
of
our
Academy
who
by
the
Orders
of
the
Duke
&
General
Napier
did
pay
my
Expences
before
his
Royal
Highness
consented
my
going
with
Hesens
over
to
Germany,
but
now
he
tells
me
he
is
not
certain
whether
I
am
to
have
the
same
Allowence
from
the
Duke
or
not.
I
dont
know
how
to
go
on,
&
what
Step
will
be
proper
for
me
to
take;
I
hope
D
r
Madam
you
will
not
fail
to
give
me
your
good
Advise
as
soon
as
you
receive
this.
I
beg
pardon
for
this
Trouble
I
give,
I
will
not
have
my
Queen
be
vaxed
at
the
Misfortune
of
her
Slave
who
looks
upon
all
sorts
of
Misfortunes
of
this
World
but
a
pleasent
Dream.
We
have
a
Fraze
among
us
in
Persia,
they
say
a
Brave-mans
head
is
always
in
Troubles;
so
I
am
happy
when
every
thing
proves
contrary
to
me,
and
I
dont
care
what
becomes
of
me
I
am
but
a
Mortal,
I
will
do
my
Endeavour
as
long
as
I
have
any
Life
in
me
to
serve
my
Country,
and
if
I
am
born
to
save
my
sheperdless
Nation,
none
shall
be
able
to
hinder
me.
Gods
will
must
be
done,
unto
whom
I
will
put
my
whole
Trust,
be
glad
o!
my
wise
Queen
of
Sheba
for
I
am
happy.
It
is
my
Oppinion
that
my
Royal
Master
the
Duke
will
hardly
think
of
answering
General
Napiers
Letter,
which
was
sent
on
my
Account
as
he
has
so
much
to
think,
and
so
much
Business
upon
his
Hands,
that
it
will
be
necessary
for
me
to
leave
that
way
of
proceeding,
and
begin
another
new
one.
Thus
If
you
can
make
any
Interes
for
me
to
the
Duke
of
Marlborough
by
M
r
Medows
who
is
my
Friend,
&
knows
his
Grace
very
well,
to
procure
me
a
Commission
of
Leutenantcy
in
the
Royal
Regiment
of
Artilery
of
Woolwich,
it
will
be
much
better
for
me,
for
then
I
can
go
to
the
King
of
Prusia
at
my
own
Charge
by
the
Leave
of
my
General,
and
I
will
have
no
more
waiting
at
the
Great
Peoples
Door,
from
8
in
the
Morning
to
four
or
5
in
the
Afternoon,
at
last
hardly
any
admtance.
There
are
great
many
Vacanceies
in
the
Regiment
I
have
already
mentioned,
now
is
the
time
to
help
me,
dont
you
imagine
that
my
Patron
will
be
displeased
at
my
getting
a
Commission
for
he
has
done
his
best,
he
is
above
asking
such
smal
Favour
as
this,
therefore
let
the
Ladies,
&
noble
Ladies,
that
have
any
Love,
regard
or
Esteem
for
their
persian
Slave
assist
me
in
this
case,
&
which
I
will
not
forget
it
as
long
as
I
live;
please
to
present
my
most
obedi
t
Service
to
them
all.
If
I
coud
succeed
in
this
Plane
it
will
be
a
very
great
Consequance
to
me,
for
being
in
the
Army
two
Years
by
that
time
the
Fate
of
my
Letters
which
I
have
sent
to
Prince
Heraclius
will
be
determined,
and
besides
the
East
India
Company
will
be
glad
to
have
me
in
their
Service,
and
will
be
a
great
Honour,
&
happiness
to
my
worn
away
Father.
This
is
all
I
can
say
at
present,
and
will
await
with
patience
for
an
answer.
Pray
give
my
Compliments
to
my
Hearty
Friend
M
r
Montigue
&
to
honest
D
r
D
r
Monsey.
I
am
Madam,
Your
and
all
the
Noble
Ladies
of
England
who
are
my
beloved
Friends
most
obedi
t,
most
greatfull
humble
Slave
JOSEPH
EMIN.
The
16th
May
1757
on
Church
Hill
at
M
r
Heatons
Woolwich.
To
M
m
Montigue.
TO
LORD
NORTHUMBURLAND.
(1756-7)
My
Lord
I
was
in
the
Dust
when
your
Lordship
looked
upon
me,
but
I
was
not
so
unhappy
then
as
I
am
now:
at
that
time
I
coud
charge
myself
of
the
Likeness
of
no
fault
and
I
was
so
little,
that
I
had
no
body
to
envy,
and
accuse
me:
but
now
your
Lordships
Goodness
has
held
me
up
to
y
e
whole
world,
and
if
you
turn
your
face
from
me
at
this
day,
all
men
will
say
that
I
have
misbehav,
d
or
that
my
patron
who
knew
me
from
the
first
woud
not
have
rejected
me,
Whenever
I
look
into
myself,
or
out
upon
myself
I
see
nothing,
but
what
is
your
Lordships,
the
bread
that
I
eat,
the
Cloaths
that
I
wear,
the
Learning
that
I
have
Learned,
the
friends
that
look
upon
me,
the
Sword
that
I
wear
which
is
Glory
to
me,
all
these
are
your
Lordships,
is
not
then
your
Lordships
Goodness
in
my
mind?
where
shall
I
hide
it?
but
when
people
say
he
is
unworthy
what
shall
I
answer?
I
am
not
unworthy
my
Lord,
I
am
not:
I
am
not
ungreatefull
!
You
Look
at
me
no
more,
I
hold
my
tongue
wlthin
my
Heart,
but
Your
Lordships
Goodness
is
there
speaking
to
me,
If
I
Come
to
be
a
man
I
will
speak
of
it,
if
I
become
a
worm
to
be
trod
on,
it
will
be
in
the
Dirt
with
me.
I
do
not
know
how
I
have
the
misfortune
to
displease
your
Lordship.
I
Cannot
approach
to
you.
I
do
not
know
now
at
this
point
that
my
Life
turns,
what
to
do
without
your
Counsells,
for
I
will
do
nothing
but
what
you
approve
of,
the
war
is
now
my
Lord,
to
morrow
it
will
be
peace,
as
it
was
when
I
first
Came
to
England,
and
I
shall
Lose
an
Opportunity
which
may
never
return,
the
thought
of
this
makes
my
Life
more
miserable
than
when
I
Carried
burthens
when
M
r
Stanhope
forced
me
to
go
to
Diversion
I
had
no
pleasure
there
twice
that
I
went
the
musick
was
not
pleasant
to
my
Ear.
My
businiss
is
not
done.
I
Struggled
long
time
to
go
to
Germany
by
his
Royal
Highness.
s
favour,
I
begin
to
despair,
but
if
this
Honour
is
too
much
I
will
by
your
Lordships
permission
go
with
my
fathers
money
in
M
r
Davis,
s
hands
which
will
be
fully
sufficient
to
procure
me
all
I
Shall
want.
to
the
Camp
of
His
Royal
Highness,
where
I
Shall
have
an
Opportunity
of
being
in
Action,
or
if
this
will
not
be
permitted.
I
will
go
to
the
King
of
Prussia,
I
would
if
I
dare
beg
of
your
Lordships
Goodness
some
Recommendation
perhaps
to
my
Lord
Albemerle
for
it
is
but
few
persons
in
the
world
that
will
Look
at
a
man
from
their
own
Benevolence
without
the
Recommendation,
as
my
Great
Lord
Northumberland
has
looked
upon
me.
When
I
beg
of
your
Lordship
to
do
something
for
me,
it
is
not
so
much
to
desire
you
to
it,
as
humbly
ask
your
Lordship
Advice,
whether
it
should
be
done,
I
say
of
the
Reccommendation,
I
do
not
persume
for
more
than
that
I
will
be
satisfied
in
your
Lordships
Determination.
I
am
not
wanting
in
respect
to
your
Lordship.
I
am
not
wanting
in
Gratitude
for
your
Goodness.
I
have
done
no
mean
thing,
and
your
Lordship
is
too
generous
to
beleive
any
thing
bad
of
me
without
letting
me
defend
myself,
and
I
have
hopes
for
that
reason
that
your
Lordship
will
yet
Look
upon
me
and
give
me
permission,
and
I
Shall
hope
Recommendation
to
Germany
where
I
will
think
both
in
the
Camp,
and
in
the
Hour
of
Battle
of
your
Lordships
Goodness
and
your
Noble
Ladys
who
have
been
my
first
and
best
friends
and
patrons.
w
hatever
becomes
of
me,
may
the
Great
God
protect
your
Lordship,
and
your
Noble
family
to
be
Like
your
Lordship,
the
friends
of
destressd
men,
that
strive
to
be
men
Like
your
Lordships.
Allways
remembering
and
dutyfull
humble
Servant
JOSEPH
EMIN.
(
On
the
back,
in
Mrs.
Montagus
writing.
)
This
letter
was
written
to
Lord
Northumberland
at
a
time
when
he
imagined
his
lordship
had
taken
some
offence
at
his
conduct.
His
other
noble
friends
were
all
very
sorry,
not
knowing
how
to
advise
him.
He
said,
"The
time
of
advice
is
over;
if
you
will
enable
me,
I
will
soon
make
my
way
to
overtake
my
royal
master,
in
spite
of
some
ill-natured
souls.
"
These
noble
personages,
finding
the
ardour
of
his
spirit,
soon
understood
his
meaning,
and
made
up
a
purse
of
sixty
guineas
among
them,
which
he
accepted.
He
found
a
courier
going
over
with
letters
from
the
ministry,
and
having
agreed
to
pay
the
man
half
of
the
chaise
hire,
set
out
in
company
with
him
for
Harwich;
whence
they
took
their
passage
in
one
of
the
kings
cutters,
which,
after
three
days
dangerous
sailing,
made
the
river
Elbe.
On
the
fourth
day
he
arrived
at
Stade,
and
on
the
fifth,
at
a
village
where
his
royal
master
was
quartered.
After
refreshing
himself
a
little,
before
he
was
admitted,
he
drew
an
address,
and
sent
it
in
by
Lord
Albermarle,
at
that
time
the
Dukes
aid-du-camp.
The
following
are
the
words
of
it,
as
well
as
he
can
recollect:
"To
his
Royal
Highness
the
great
Duke
of
Cumberland.
-
Your
Royal
Highness
has
taken
by
the
hand
a
distressed
soldier,
who
was
mingling
in
the
ashes
of
oblivion;
you
have
raised
him
in
the
eyes
of
the
world;
may
God
forbid
he
should
be
forsaken;
he
would
drop
down,
and
be
lost
for
ever.
He
finds
he
has
done
nothing
to
incur
any
persons
displeasure,
but
was
neglected
after
your
Royal
Highness
left
him
behind.
He
is
come
by
your
Royal
command,
with
resolution
to
lay
his
head
and
heart
on
the
ground
before
your
Royal
Highnesss
feet.
He
has
made
it
his
choice,
rather
to
embrace
death
than
to
return
back
with
a
disappointed
face;
and
he
humbly
implores
leave
to
subscribe
himself
your
Royal
Highnesss"
&c.
&c.
When
this
short
petition
was
carried
by
the
nobleman,
a
few
minutes
after
he
was
admitted
to
the
levee;
which
was
the
first
time
of
his
being
honoured
by
that
favour,
during
the
thirteen
months
in
which
he
was
protected
by
the
duke
in
London.
No
sooner
had
he
entered
the
place,
when
the
duke
stretched
out
his
hand
to
him,
which
he,
making
a
low
bow,
kissed,
and
stood
back.
The
first
question
the
duke
asked
in
a
most
martial
commanding
voice
was
this:
"Emin,
why
did
not
you
come
over
with
the
troops?
Did
not
you
hear
my
orders
to
Napier,
to
fit
you
out,
and
send
you
with
the
Hessian
general?"
He
answered,
"May
it
please
your
Royal
Highness,
according
to
command,
I
waited
on
him
no
fewer
than
fifteen
times,
and
my
lord
Cathcart
interposed
to
his
utmost;
but
to
no
effect:
the
poor
general
had
too
much
upon
his
hands
to
think
of
your
Royal
Highnesss
servant.
"
Then
his
Royal
Highness
graciously
took
pains
to
explain
the
matter
in
German
to
the
general
officers
who
were
all
round
him
in
waiting.
The
duke
said,
smiling,
"Well,
my
Emin,
what
said
lord
Northumberland
when
Napier
would
not
trouble
his
head
about
you?"
"His
lordship,
"
he
answered,
"was
taken
up
in
going
to
his
country-seat;
and
declared
he
could
not
interfere
in
a
point
so
delicate,
when
your
Royal
Highness
had
taken
me
under
your
auspicious
protection:
he
was
cautious
in
giving
any
advice
whatever.
"
"I
know
you
had
no
money,
"
said
the
duke:
"how
then
did
you
manage
it?"
Emin
said,
"May
it
please
your
Royal
Highness,
while
your
humble
servant
was
not
known
to
you,
he
was
in
a
state
of
misery;
but
since
he
has
been
honoured
by
your
protection,
his
heart
feels
an
increase
in
the
riches
of
happiness.
Should
he
in
your
absence
be
dashed
on
the
hardest
rocks,
he
is
sure
milk
and
honey
will
flow
from
them
under
your
auspices.
He
was
assisted;
and
he
hopes
he
shall
never
be
in
want
of
money;
but
that
his
conduct
will
gain
him
the
good
opinion
of
the
world,
and
maintain
the
goodwill
of
his
magnanimous
royal
protector,
whom
Heaven
preserve.
"
After
this
short
oriental
speech,
an
order
was
sent
to
call
general
(then
major)
Frydakh,
who
commanded
600
yagers,
or
hunters.
His
Royal
Highness
taking
much
pains
to
explain
the
case
to
the
officers,
and
they
in
their
turns
saying,
"ya,
mun
hartsak,
das
ist
eun
brave
kerl,
"
that
is,
"yes
my
duke,
he
is
an
honest
man.
"
No
sooner
was
the
officer
come
in,
than
the
glorious
duke
took
Emin
the
porters
hand,
and
putting
it
into
major
Frydakhs,
said
these
very
words:
"I
am
some
how
doubtful
of
this
mans
courage.
As
he
is
so
desirous
of
seeing
service,
I
charge
thee
to
be
very
strict,
putting
him
in
the
front
of
every
action,
and
bring
word
to
me
how
he
behaves
himself:
"
then
turning
to
Emin,
he
said,
"Go
with
him;
let
me
hear
a
good
character
of
thee.
"
Here
Emins
heart
broke
the
chain
of
slavery,
and
jumped
for
joy,
forgetting
all
his
former
distresses;
when
he,
who
was
but
a
meek
sheep
before,
became
a
loose
tearing
lion.
He
kissed
a
second
time
the
dukes
hand;
and
was
not
gone
ten
steps
from
the
house,
when
the
duke
called
him
back
and
said,
"Do
not
let
me
see
you
at
head
quarters:
do
you
hear!"
He
bowed,
and
went
away
with
the
officer,
who
had
four
horses,
which
were
for
Emins
use,
and
treated
him
with
all
the
politeness
imaginable,
taking
as
much
care
of
him
as
he
could
of
his
son.
He
dares
not
say,
that
the
good
usage
of
the
general
was
merited
by
his
wild
rapidity
in
a
whole
campaign,
in
eighteen
different
skirmishes,
and
at
the
battle
of
Hussenbach:
but
when
it
was
reported
every
day
at
the
head
quarters,
unknown
to
him,
the
duke
approved
of
it.
He
was
then
removed,
by
order
of
his
Royal
Highness,
to
be
under
general
Carlton;
and
when
the
cessation
of
arms
had
taken
place
at
Stade,
the
duke
kept
him
three
days
at
the
head
quarters,
gave
him
twenty
ducats,
and
sent
him
over
again
with
a
courier
to
London.
NOTE.
[By
the
time
Cumberland,
who
had
sailed
on
April
9th
or
10th,
reached
his
command
in
Germany,
French
troops
had
penetrated
into
Westphalia
nearly
as
far
as
Ems,
and
then
a
delay
occurred,
during
which
Cumberland
occupied
Paderborn.
The
surrender
of
Emden
to
DEstrées
on
July
2
cut
off
Cumberland
from
communication
with
England
except
through
the
port
of
Stade
on
the
Elbe.
Then
came
Cumberlands
defeat
by
DEstrées
at
Hastenbeck
on
July
24,
and
Cumberland
fell
back
on
Verden,
the
last
fortress
towards
Bremen.
Richelieu
occupied
Hanover
on
Aug.
11,
but
never
moved
against
Cumberland
until
Aug.
23,
when
Cumberland
abandoned
Verden
and
fell
back
again
-
this
time
to
Stade,
Richelieu
pursuing
him
to
Bremervörde,
about
20
miles
from
Stade,
where
his
exhausted
troops
were
checked
by
the
Hessians
and
Richelieu,
in
his
turn,
fell
back
to
Klosterzeven.
Then
came
the
intervention
of
Denmark,
and,
although
the
Rochfort
expedition
was
leaving
England
to
relieve
Cumberland,
he
signed
the
Convention
of
Klosterzeven
on
the
very
day
it
started.
On
his
return
to
England
after
the
loss
of
Hanover,
his
fathers
reception
of
Cumberland
was
such
that
he
resigned
his
command
and
all
his
appointments,
Sir.
John
Ligonier
succeeding
him.
On
June
18
Frederick
with
34,
000
Prussians
was
defeated
at
Kolin
by
Marshall
Dann,
commanding
53,
000
Austrians,
and
his
advance
into
Bohemia
was
held
up.
]
Emin
wrote
a
letter
to
Mrs.
Montagu,
saying
"The
French
seem
afraid
of
us,
tho
so
much
inferior
in
numbers . . . . . .
I
hear
the
king
of
Prussia
takes
to
himself
the
whole
blame
of
his
disgrace
in
the
late
affair,
and
says
if
he
had
followed
the
advice
of
the
Prince
of
Bevern,
it
had
not
happend;
there
is
something
more
great
perhaps
in
a
Monarch
owning
his
error
than
in
gaining
a
victory,
but
it
will
not
have
the
same
effect
in
establishing
his
affairs
in
Germany,
so
that
in
his
situation
the
least
advantage
over
the
Empress
Queen
would
have
been
of
better
consequence.
Sir
John
Mordaunt,
General
Conway,
and
Colonel
Cornwallis
are
going
abroad
with
some
forces
as
the
Newspapers
tell
us,
and
the
French
seem
again
disposed
to
disturb
us
with
the
apprehension
of
an
invasion.
"
-
Letters
of
Elizabeth
Montagu.
This
was
the
Rochfort
expedition
commanded
by
Hawke
and
Mordaunt,
intended,
by
a
diversion,
to
relieve
the
pressure
on
Cumberland.
Regarding
this
the
following
letter
was
written
by
Mrs.
Donnellan
to
Mrs.
Montagu
on
the
return
of
the
expedition,
"All
I
can
gather
of
this
most
shameful
affair
is
that
there
will
be
no
more
known
till
there
is
a
publick
enquiry,
and
then
if
the
scheme
is
proved
by
the
general
officers
to
have
been
impracticable,
those
who
sent
them
on
it,
must
suffer . . . . . . . .
Sir
J.
Mordaunt
and
Admiral
Hawke
have
both
been
to
Court,
the
Admiral
was
received
graciously,
the
other
taken
no
notice
of,
tis
said
he
stooped
to
kiss
the
royal
hand
but
it
was
pulled
back
from
him . . . . . . . .
after
some
of
the
troops
were
in
the
boats
in
order
to
land,
there
was
a
council
of
war
called,
and
when
Hawke
thought
they
were
landed,
they
were
ordered
on
board
again . . . . . . .
Hawke
desired
them
to
come
to
some
resolution
for
he
would
either
land
them
or
come
home.
Colonel
Conway,
I
hear,
showed
the
most
spirit,
and
that
our
common
men
showed
no
unwillingness
to
action.
"
-
Letters
of
Elizabeth
Montagu.
LETTER
TO
DR.
MONSEY.
(
July
30
1757
)
My
Love
and
duty
to
M
rs
Montagu
the
Great
and
to
her
husband.
D
r
DOCTOR
MONSEY
The
inclosed
is
to
be
coppied
and
sent
to
all
my
Noble
Friends,
you
will
I
hope
make
my
Appologies
to
them
that
I
had
no
time
to
write
it
fair,
we
are
upon
march
every
day
by
your
Interest.
I
hope
they
will
excuse
me.
I
have
sent
Letters
to
you
&
with
this
will
make
three,
I
expect
to
have
an
answer
to
them
all,
and
to
know
how
they
are
pleased,
I
give
you
my
word
I
shall
never
trouble
them
any
more
I
love
them,
I
honour
them,
and
I
will
remember
them
in
all
my
days,
and
in
all
my
Life
who
are
the
support
and
the
Comfort
of
my
Heart.
I
was
in
a
very
bad
hole
you
will
see
by
the
inclosed,
it
was
God
that
protected
us,
or
else
we
might
have
been
taken
Prisoners
by
the
French;
I
receved
not
hardly
a
scrach
from
the
Enemy,
I
am
as
well
and
as
healthy
as
ever
my
bed
is
of
Straw,
and
my
eating
black
Bread,
some
time
we
lay
out
for
three
or
four
nights
in
the
field
without
any
cover,
it
was
three
days
we
had
hardly
any
thing
in
the
world
to
live
upon
before
we
had
that
insignificant
Battle,
tho
the
danger
where
we
were
posted
was
greater
than
any
thing
can
be;
you
will
please
to
send
one
the
Coppys
of
this
Letter
to
the
Ladies
to
my
Friend
M
r
Burke
at
the
Grecian
Coffee
House
in
Devoreux
Court
Tample
Bar.
Excuse
me
D
r
D
r
I
am
in
haste
Your
sincere
and
gratefull
Servant
J.
EMIN.
the
30th
July
1757.
Limburg.
No
I
woud
have
you
to
ask
M
r
Burkes
advice
about
this
Letter
before
you
coppy
it
for
my
Friends
I
will
write
no
more
till
I
have
from
you
Pray
dont
you
be
mad
because
my
Friend
is
an
Irish
Gentleman,
but
I
can
tell
you
that
he
is
your
beloved
son-in-Laws
Countryman
I
dar
say
you
will
be
mighty
pleased
of
being
acquainted
with
him.
(
On
the
back
of
this,
in
Mrs.
Montagus
writing
)
To
The
right
honble
The
Lady
Anson.
TO
HIS
PATRONESSES.
(
Aug.
1st
1757
)
To
all
the
Ladies,
&
Patroness
of
Joseph
Emin,
MY
NOBLE
LADIES,
I
believe
your
Ladyships
have
been
in
a
long
Expectation
to
hear
from
this
part
of
the
World,
more
especialy
of
the
Battle
which
begun
on
the
23rd
of
July
in
the
morning;
we
were
ordered
out
with
25
Horses,
&
200
Foot
Irregulars
to
secure
a
post,
where
we
found
300
Husars,
and
700
of
Foot
Soldiers,
upon
which
we
begun
immediately
to
fire,
&
they
retreated
very
soon;
and
in
the
afternoon
His
highness
hearing
that
the
French
were
advancing
with
their
whole
Army,
ordered
Part
of
his
Army
to
advance
also,
but
it
was
very
unlucky
for
us
that
our
Infantry
was
too
late,
and
before
they
coud
come
up,
the
Enemy
begun
from
some
distance
to
fire
upon
us
with
their
Cannons,
which
did
no
manner
of
Execution.
His
Royal
Highness
thought
proper
to
return
to
his
Camp
in
Aferden.
The
next
day
the
24
th
the
Enemy
still
advancing
from
their
Camp
at
Halla
all
along
the
River-Vizer,
and
we
retreating,
until
we
halted
upon
a
high
Hill
full
of
Trees,
and
they
on
another;
where
the
firing
of
Cannons
begun
again
on
both
sides,
and
lasted
till
Evening;
our
Situation
not
being
so
well
as
we
coud
wish,
we
still
retreated
till
we
come
to
Hamlen
there
we
posted
the
right
of
our
Army,
and
our
left
at
Ansburg;
and
unfortunate
Hastenbek
between
us
&
the
Enemy,
which
was
soon
burnt
down.
The
25
th
about
four
in
the
morning
the
Enemy
begun
to
advance
with
their
Musick,
and
Drums,
making
a
very
great
noice,
more
like
Indians
than
Europeans,
and
was
soon
silenced
by
fire
of
our
Balls;
and
Cannonading
begun
of
both
sides
very
briskly.
At
that
time
Your
Slave
was
upon
a
Hill
with
no
more
than
200
Irregulars
commanded
by
my
Friend
Major
Freydag
(a
man
of
great
Conduct,
&
Judgement)
where
we
coud
see
the
two
armies
very
plain.
It
was
a
Place
had
it
not
been
so
very
dangerous
as
the
Cannon
Balls
were
flying
like
so
many
Flies
over
our
Heads.
I
coud
have
wishd
that
My
Noble
Friend
Ladies
who
are
my
Patroness
&
who
are
so
fond
of
Heros,
and
hearing
of
Battles,
to
have
seen
it,
which
woud
have
been
realy
worth
their
while.
Then
I
woud
have
wished
again
that
Heavenly
Charriots
wd
have
desended
from
the
Gods
above,
to
have
transported
them
to
Their
Native,
and
blessed
Island,
or
peradventure
they
shoud
have
been
in
the
greatest
of
all
Dangers;
For
we
saw
about
eleven
of
the
Clock,
the
Enemy
with
no
less
than
Six
Thowsand
Horses,
&
Foot,
coming
up
to
us
on
all
sides
with
a
great
fury
(except
a
little
Pass
which
led
us
down
to
our
Army).
But
this
Bravery
of
theirs
was
greately
owing
to
an
Information
which
they
had
of
us
a
day
before.
Knowing
that
we
were
no
more
than
two
hundred
men,
or
else
they
woud
not
have
been
so
furious
in
their
attack.
For
they
are
vastly
like
the
black
Indians,
fire
at
a
great
distance,
and
run
away.
However
we
stood
almost
half
an
Hour,
our
men
ralyed
three
times,
and
killed
no
less
than
three
hundred
of
them;
for
our
men
are
brought
up
from
their
Infancy
as
huntsmen
they
never
miss
the
Mark,
I
have
seen
them
shoot
at
300
Yards
distance,
they
are
like
the
mountaineers
of
Armenia,
and
Dagostan.
The
French
Husars
run
away
as
soon
as
they
see
us.
You
see
my
Noble
Ladies
what
great
Advantage
it
is
to
a
Nation
who
has
the
Liberty,
not
only
kill
the
Partridges,
but
to
kill
as
many
Deers
and
other
Animals
as
they
please.
The
Loss
of
our
side
was
but
20,
&
six
wounded;
we
coud
not
support
it
any
longer,
and
were
obliged
to
retreat,
and
join
the
Army.
And
about
2
oClock
in
the
afternoon
the
Enemy
retreated
with
the
Loss
of
eleven
Cannons,
and
had
taken
some
of
ours,
but
we
have
retaken
them
again.
But
the
Battle
continued
still,
and
lasted
from
4
in
the
morning
to
6
in
the
afternoon.
The
Loss
of
their
side
was
about
Three
Thowsands,
and
about
twelve
hundred
of
ours.
We
dont
look
upon
this
as
a
Battle
in
Persia
but
as
a
Scarmish.
The
Inventor
of
Gun
Powder
is
cursed
by
many
Ignorant
People,
but
his
Invention
has
been
a
very
great
Service
towards
the
Preservation
of
mankind.
Gun
Powder
is
a
thing
which
makes
a
great
noice,
like
Lightning,
&
Thunder,
keeps
mankind
at
a
distant,
with
an
awe.
"The
Thought
of
Gun
Powder
says
the
Great
Marshal
de
Sax
is
more
than
the
danger
itself.
I
woud
wish
to
have
no
more
than
fifteen
Thowsand
Persian
Horses,
if
it
is
not
too
bold
&
your
humble
Servant
the
leader
of
them
we
coud
soon
shew
the
French
that
the
effect
of
Symiters
woud
be
greater
than
that
of
Gun
Powder,
tho
their
Number
by
what
we
hear
is
one
hundrid,
&
fifty
Thowsand
men,
and
what
ours
is
you
well
know.
At
present
we
are
upon
Marches,
&
countermarches.
I
think
we
rather
keep
away
from
them
instead
of
their
retreating
from
us,
as
I
mentioned
before.
I
write
this
from
Limburg,
and
the
Enemy
is
at
Hamlin
where
the
right
of
our
Army
was
posted,
you
may
easely
know
by
a
Map
where
our,
&
Enemys
situation
are.
I
am
with
the
same
Corps
as
I
have
mentioned
in
my
last,
in
hopes
of
going
among
the
Regulars
to
learn
the
Exersice,
and
Evolutions;
the
Expences
of
Camp
Equpage
will
amount
to
a
great
deal
of
money,
and
I
have
not
yet
received
the
least
thing
from
my
Royal
Master.
I
will
be
as
little
trouble
to
him
as
possible,
and
no
more
Expence
to
my
great
Soul
Ladies.
I
was
in
a
great
hopes
of
serving
a
Campagin
under
the
King
of
Prussia
after
this,
but
I
find
I
must
give
over
that
Hope,
for
it
is
impossible
for
me
to
do
it
with
less
than
hundred
and
fifty
Pounds
p
r
Year,
let
me
live
ever
so
near;
for
which
money
I
shall
never
trouble
your
Goodness,
nor
bend
any
more
my
Neck
to
the
Greatest
Prince
in
the
universe.
Do
not
think
I
write
this
as
a
Hint,
but
beleive
me
as
I
am
a
man
of
Honour
&
Truth
I
will
be
as
good
as
my
word.
I
shall
say
nothing,
I
must
lose
no
time.
If
my
Royal
Protector
will
do
according
to
my
Expectation
as
he
is
a
great
Prince,
as
well
as
good;
and
if
not,
I
must
take
my
Leave
of
him,
and
return
to
my
Father,
then
to
my
Country.
I
can
no
longer
be
a
Begar,
and
your
Ladyships
who
are
my
Constant
and
sincere
Friends,
will
not
be
displeased
to
find
your
Slave
has
y
e
Spirit
of
a
man
of
Honour,
and
who
will
not
forget
the
great
Friendship
you
have
done
to
him.
Now
you
will
think
all
I
am
too
hasty,
but
I
say
I
have
reason
to
be
so
hasty,
I
have
seen
enough,
5
Years
&
half
in
England,
I
have
seen
a
smal
Battle,
I
shall
see
a
little
more
while
in
this
Campagin,
which
will
be
more
than
ever
Kouly
had
before
he
became
so
great
a
man.
I
hope
not
to
be
so
great
a
Tyrant
as
he
was,
&
if
there
is
any
tyrranny
in
my
Blood
let
me
never
live,
let
me
be
destroyed,
and
never
heard
of,
let
me
live,
&
die
like
an
honest
good
Christian
which
is
the
Greatest
Ambition
I
have
in
this
World.
If
I
have
any
genius,
and
if
God
almighty
his
made
me
to
lead
a
Nation,
all
what
I
have
seen,
&
learnt
will
be
an
Ornoment
to
it,
and
if
not
I
will
be
like
the
rest
of
many
Officers
and
Soldiers
who
have
been
Scores
of
Years
in
the
Service,
and
are
just
the
same,
as
they
first
entered.
Thus
the
Art
of
War
whoever
is
the
master
of
it
is
the
Gift
of
God
as
well
as
any
other
Science.
Iron
never
can
be
made
into
Silver,
nor
lead
into
Gold.
Here
again
an
obscure
asiatick
Symily
which
is
in
my
Nature
I
tried
to
avoid
it
but
I
could
not,
saying
that
Iron
is,
Iron
&
Gold,
is
Gold.
I
am
My
Noble
Ladies
&
Patroness
Your
most
obed
t
most
gratefull
most
obliged
humble
Servant
JOSEPH
EMIN
Limburg
the
1st
August
1757.
Excuse
the
Badness
of
Paper
the
Errors
of
this
Letter.
(
On
the
back
of
the
Letter
).
To
all
the
Noble
Ladies
Who
are
the
Patronesses
of
Աé
աÙեÝաÛÝ
ԱզÝáõաó
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áñù
էÝ
ïÇñáõÑÇ.
Joseph
Emin.
ÚûíëէփաÛ
ԷÙÇÝ.
TO
DR.
MONSEY.
D
R
DOCTOR
(
Aug.
22
1757
)
God
almighty
bless
you
for
remembering
me
after
so
long
a
time,
however
I
thank
you
for
the
great
Kindness
you
express
in
your
most
gracious,
most
venerable
Letter,
and
you
thank
me
for
condisending
-
Lady
A
-
to
you
and
I
am
obliged
to
you
for
geting
me
into
the
Favour
of
that
great
&
incomparable
Queen
of
the
universe,
who
has
honoured
me,
with
such
instructive
Letter
as
it
will
be
hardly
possible
for
me
to
express
how
much
I
am
indebted
to
you
for
geting
me
such
Noble
Instructor.
My
Lady
Ansons
precious
advice
and
your
Oppinion
of
writing
to
my
first,
&
last
Patron
Lord
Northumberland
is
very
good
advice,
I
will
do
it,
and
you
shall
see
it
before
it
goes
to
him.
If
I
write
a
compleat
answer
to
your
Letter,
my
D
r
D
r
I
shall
not
have
time
enough
to
write
to
my
other
Friends,
you
are
desirious
to
know
how
my
Royal
master
do?
upon
which
I
ask
d
M
r
Andrews
he
told
me
with
making
his
compliments
that
H.
R.
Hs
Leg
is
quite
well
&
therefore
pray
be
easey.
Mr
Andrews
thinks
is
hardly
worth
while
to
Write,
in
hopes
of
seeing
you
in
old
England
soon,
for
we
have
made
Peace
with
the
French
in
this
Part
of
Europe
by
the
help
of
the
King
of
Denmark;
after
our
great
War
with
that
coward
French
men,
which
you
seem
to
be
afraid
of
at
this
time.
I
dont
mean
D
r
Monsey,
but
his
Countrymen.
My
compliments
to
your
Son
&
Daughter
I
am
D
r
D
r
Your
obliged
humble
servant
J.
EMIN.
Yours
22
d
August
recd.
13
th
September
in
Had.
1757.
my
obedience
to
M
r
&
M
rs
Garrick
P.
S.
my
Com
ts
to
M
r
Burke
need
not
write
any
Letter
(
On
the
back
of
the
letter
)
Thank
you
for
calling
on
my
little
Charmer
I
beg
you
will
do
so
as
often
as
you
go
to
your
daughter
I
am
very
uneasey
about
your
grant
Daughter
I
hope
to
see
her
in
perfect
health
in
short
time.
TO
MRS.
MONTAGU.
(
Sept.
14th
1757
)
MY
DEAR
QUEEN
Your
Persian
Slave
whom
you
have
been
pleased
to
honour
with
the
Title
of
a
Hero
is
yet
alive,
and
is
intirely
captivated
by
the
most
instructive
Epistle
of
his
noble
Queen,
for
the
sake
of
whom
he
is
always
ready
as
well,
as
for
his
disstressed
Country
to
risque
his
single
Life
in
all
sorts
of
Dangers;
especialy
for
that
great,
&
encreasing
Affection;
in
which
she
expresses
herself
in
a
most
tender
manner.
Madam
it
is
out
of
the
poor
Power
of
your
Slave
to
shew
by
writing
how
much
he
is
indebted
to
your
Goodness
&
Humanity:
for
I
dar
say
you
feel
as
much
for
him
and
have
so
great
Regard
for
him
as
if
he
had
been
really
your
own,
and
your
dearself
his
Queen;
(I
hope
my
Friend
M
r
Montagu
will
not
be
displeased
at
this,
for
it
is
true
what
I
say,
He
must
be
the
happiest
man
in
the
World:
to
have
possessed
the
wisest
of
all
Women
whose
greatness
of
Soul
is
to
be
honoured
and
talked
in
the
presence
of
Kings,
and
who
is
worthy
to
rule
Kingdoms
and
Empires;
I
say
again,
happy
are
those
that
can
see
you
always.
The
Jewels,
and
all
the
precious
Diamonds
on
the
Pea
Cock
Thone
of
Grand
Mugol
is
not
enough
to
purchase
those
words
that
comes
out
of
the
mouth
of
my
Queen
Sheba.
I
cannot
help
to
envy
those
who
have
her
Company
often.
Let
them
think
themselves
happy,
and
proud;
let
them
adorn
her
Person,
and
admire
her
great
Wisdom;
I
am
sorry
&
vaxed
that
I
have
had
no
proper
Education.
I
might
have
sat
down,
&
wrote
years
togather
in
the
Prais
of
you
madam.
It
hurts
me,
because
I
cannot
enough
express
my
Sentiments
to
shew
how
much
I
am
obliged
to
her,
for
she
is
good,
she
is
wise,
she
is
generous,
and
she
is
great.
Now
madam
if
I
can
I
will
answer
the
rest
of
your
Letter,
and
if
not
you
will
excuse
me.
I
am
sorry
for
my
Royal
master
who
was
worthy
of
Victory
for
the
great
Fitigue
&
hardship
he
underwent;
but
I
am
glad
at
your
informing
me
that
the
People
of
England
are
convinced
of
his
great
generalship,
they
begin
to
know
a
little
better,
and
I
am
very
glad
of
it,
and
I
shall
be
more
so
if
they
continue
so:
for
they
are
very
changable
People
(Fairsex
excepted)
M
r
Addison
in
his
Poems
upon
the
nature
of
men
when
he
comes
upon
English
Nation
discribes
the
following
Lines.
"Fickled
of
mind"
changing
as
their
Skies,
so
soon
they
value
they
as
soon
despise.
I
think
he
gives
a
very
pretty
and
a
true
Character.
Pray
madam
do
not
be
angry
at
this
my
Remark,
I
know
you
love
your
Country
as
well
as
I
do
mine,
and
you
are
pleased
to
call
me
your
Hero,
and
be
not
displeased
when
I
speak
like
a
Hero,
who
is
obliged
to
your
tender
care
for
advising
him
to
live
well,
that
I
do,
as
long
as
you
are
mine.
But
believe
me
madam
it
was
owing
not
that
I
grudge
money,
or
I
wanted
it,
for
we
coud
get
nothing
else
but
black
Bread
&
sour
milk:
It
is
the
Food
which
common
People
of
this
Country
subsist
upon.
For
the
Jager
Corps
which
I
was
in
were
ordered
to
keep
always
at
the
rear
of
His
Highnesss
Army,
in
order
to
know
the
motion
of
our
Enemy,
after
I
have
been
in
this
Corps
above
two
Months,
my
Royal
master
thought
I
have
learnt
enough
in
that
way
of
fighting,
he
ordered
me
to
come,
&
quarter
near
him;
and
have
been
so
for
this
8
Weeks
past;
before
the
Pease
was
made,
He
sent
me
with
one
of
his
Aidecamps,
to
learn,
&
chuse
Place
for
encampment,
and
now
it
is
Pease
you
will
soon
see
your
humble
Servant
again,
and
ever
since
I
dined
at
the
Kings
Second
Table
by
his
Permission,
with
his
Officers,
and
sometimes
Generals;
He
treates
me
becoming
to
himself,
you
see
I
lieve
like
myself,
and
will
have
you
for
my
Queen,
Venerable
D
r
Monsey
my
Phisician,
and
great
M
r
Burke
my
Secretary
of
State;
none
shall
escape
me,
I
will
have
every
thing
I
aim
at
Tell
for
me
to
D
r
Monsey
the
Lady
who
condesended
to
him
for
his
Oppinion
of
my
writing
to
my
Patron
Lord
Northumberland,
was
right,
I
am
obliged
to
her
good
Counsel,
she
always
writes
to
me
in
y
e
third
Person.
Your
observation
upon
my
Persian
Simily
upon
Gold,
and
Iron;
it
is
very
wise
one.
I
chained
my
hands
with
it
in
making
such
simily.
I
am
now
in
thine
hands
lead
me
which
way
you
Please,
but
madam
have
mercy
on
me.
I
acknowledge
when
the
Iron
is
polished,
and
sharpened
may
deliver
a
Country
from
Slavery,
as
it
did
once
Rome
out
of
the
hands
of
the
Gauls,
who
put
the
Romans
under
Contribution,
to
pay
so
many
Talents
of
Gold,
when
they
were
weighing
it,
the
King
of
Gauls,
threw
his
Sowrd
into
the
Scale,
to
make
the
Weight
havier,
there
came
a
brave
Roman,
I
think
it
was
martius
took
out
the
Sword,
and
said
thus
"Our
Country
shall
be
delivered
by
this
Iron,
and
not
by
the
Gold";
So
madam
when
Iron
once
is
polished
may
save
a
country
by
the
hand
of
an
honourable
Murderer
as
you
are
please
to
call,
and
Gold
which
has
its
natural
value
may
ruin
a
Country.
O
wise
madam
I
admire
at
your
Hints
be
ye
in
Health
and
live
long
Life.
I
am
glad
you
have
been
amusing
your
dearself
seeing
different
Places
I
wish
it
may
do
you
good
and
add
to
your
Health;
but
I
am
sory
to
find
you
are
so
much
discouraged
for
you
shall
not
be
my
Queen
if
you
dont
have
as
great
a
Heart
as
your
great
Soul.
about
the
unprosperity
of
Germany
&
a
merica;
why
madam?
have
not
we
People
enough
to
defend
us?
have
not
we
Liberty
enough
to
make
us
happy,
and
ruin
us
afterwards?;
O
Pity,
and
thousand
Pities,
that
you
shoud
lose
Courage
without
Cause.
If
we
had
thought
that
we
were
born
to
die
we
need
not
fear
of
Invasion,
let
us
become
one
will
and
one
mind
we
will
soon
shew
our
Enemy
that
we
are
not
afraid
of
them.
I
am
in
haste
madam
and
remain
with
the
utmost
Gratitud
and
sincerity
Your
great
Wisdoms
admirer
and
most
dutyfull
humble
Servant
&
Slave
J.
EMIN.
the
14
th
Sep
r
1757
at
Stad
at
his
Royal
Highnesss
Quarters
my
duty
to
Lady
Sophia
Egerton
and
my
Compliments
to
Mr.
Montagu.
excuse
the
errors
To
M
rs
Montagu
the
great
(
On
the
back
of
the
letter
)
To
Mrs.
Montagu.
Letter
of
Mrs.
Montagu,
August
7,
to
Dr.
Benjamin
Stillingfleet
(b.
1702
d.
1777.
Author
of
"Calendar
of
Flora"
etc.
).
"Mr.
Emin
was
most
graciously
received
by
the
Duke,
had
offers
of
money
and
all
marks
of
regard
from
his
Royal
Highness,
so
that
his
letters
express
the
highest
satisfaction . . . . . .
there
must
be
a
nobler
seat
than
the
Persian
throne
reserved
for
that
fine
spirit,
which,
born
in
slavery
and
nurtured
in
ignorance,
aspired
to
give
liberty,
knowledge
and
civil
arts
to
his
country.
To
compass
this
he
risqued
his
life,
and
endured
the
greatest
hardships,
and
ventured
all
dangers
and
uncertainties
in
a
country
whose
very
language
he
was
a
stranger
to;
how
different
from
so
many
of
our
countrymen,
who
for
little
additions
of
power
and
greater
gratifications
of
luxury,
in
spite
of
their
pride
of
birth
and
advantage
of
a
liberal
education
and
the
incitements
of
the
great
examples
of
all
ages
and
nations,
will
hazard
enslaving
us
to
a
nation
our
forefathers
despised.
"
From
Merton,
on
August
30,
Lady
Frances
Williams
(daughter
of
the
Earl
of
Coningsby,
married
Sir
Charles
Hanbury
Williams,
statesman,
poet,
and
wit)
writes
to
Mrs.
Montagu
and
in
her
letter
alludes
with
much
joy
to
Emins
safety.
In
a
letter
to
her
husband
dated
July
1757,
Mrs.
Montagu
writes
"We
had
a
report
that
the
Duke
had
killed
3000
French
but
he
is
well
off
if
he
can
keep
on
the
defensive.
I
had
a
letter
from
Mr.
Emin
that
the
Duke
of
Cumberland
had
received
him
in
the
most
gracious
manner,
and
he
is
so
pleased,
I
believe
he
thinks
one
more
step
will
put
him
on
the
Persian
throne.
It
is
happy
to
be
born
of
a
hoping
constitution,
his
day
dreams
are
very
pleasant.
I
wish
his
patriot
spirit
was
communicated
to
a
dozen
or
so
of
our
great
men.
"
In
another
letter
to
Dr.
Stillingfleet,
Sept.
15,
1757,
Mrs.
Montagu
writes
of
Emin,
"I
do
not
hope
to
see
him
on
the
Persian
throne,
or
giving
laws
to
the
East,
but
I
know
he
sits
on
the
summit
of
human
virtue,
and
obeys
the
laws
of
Him
who
made
that
world
the
ambitious
are
contending
for,
and
to
such
only
my
esteem
pays
homage.
"
(
Letters
of
Elizabeth
Montagu.
)
MRS.
MONTAGU
TO
HER
SISTER
My
brother
and
W.
at.
Lond
n
Morris
a
child.
Letter
from
Emin
noticed
by
D.
of
Cumberland.
Wednesday
morn
1758-9
MY
D
r
SISTER
I
am
glad
to
find
our
friend
sets
a
due
value
on
the
noble
Creature
Man
to
tell
you
the
truth
I
should
not
think
he
made
a
bad
bargain
for
himself
if
he
accepted
of
an
։150
a
year
however
as
he
is
not
fit
to
contend
with
any
difficulties
I
would
not
advise
him
to
it.
I
am
sorry
the
circumstances
do
not
suit,
for
as
you
seem
to
think
she
has
sense
and
spirit
she
would
make
a
proper
wife
&
a
help
meet
for
our
friend,
who
is
certainly
very
deficient
in
many
particulars.
My
Brother
Morris
&
his
wife
left
us
this
morning,
they
will
be
very
happy
to-night
at
seeing
their
little
one
whom
they
seem
very
fond
of,
I
hope
the
poor
little
fellow
will
live,
&
make
as
reasonable
&
honest
a
Man
as
his
Father,
whom
they
say
he
resembles
in
Countenance
&
shape,
&
also
in
temper,
for
he
is
always
laughing,
&
in
ye
Course
of
the
day
never
cries
but
when
they
put
on
his
cap
which
I
suppose
he
thinks
a
mere
foppery.
My
Brother
spoke
very
affectionately
of
Miss
Arnold,
&
M
rs
Robinson
enterd
much
into
her
commendation,
&
took
notice
of
her
being
pleased
with
having
a
Brother,
&
of
her
great
civility
&
kind
behaviour
towards
her
when
she
was
at
Bath.
I
had
a
letter
from
M
r
Emin
last
post,
the
Duke
took
him
from
the
Jagers
&
placed
him
in
a
Camp
near
to
him,
&
he
dined
at
ye
2
d
table
with
the
considerable
officers,
&
was
employed
in
going
to
look
out
ground
for
an
encampment,
he
says
ye
Duke
is
in
good
health,
they
are
all
daily
expected
in
England.
Mr.
Emins
letter
is
intirely
in
the
Asiatick
stile
with
an
address
to
M
r
Montagu
upon
his
great
felicity
in
having
such
a
wife
that
wd
make
you
laugh,
upon
the
whole
he
has
tad
an
agreable
Campaign
for
a
Man
who
dispises
danger
&
volupté.
If
one
considers
he
was
a
Porter
5
years
ago
it
is
some
rise
to
be
allowed
free
conversation
with
ye
Duke
of
Cumberland,
&
to
be
particularly
distinguished
by
him,
at
which
he
seems
pleased
but
not
at
all
surprized.
You
may
suppose
the
way
he
has
made
for
himself
in
England
does
not
abate
&
diminish
his
enthusiasm
&
adventurous
spirit.
I
suppose
M
r
William
will
be
here
to-day
or
to-morrow.
I
expect
my
Dear
friend
Boscawen
on
Saturday.
I
shall
send
you
two
brace
of
partridges,
some
potted
pigeons,
&
an
100
of
Cray
fish
by
to-morrows
Coach.
I
must
attend
Miss
Morgan
who
comes
this
morning
to
place
ye
flowers
of
M
rs
Boscawen
gown,
so
I
must
reserve
my
pleasure
of
writing
you
a
longer
letter
till
another
post
or
two,
&
I
will
then
send
you
the
bookes.
We
are
to-day
in
all
the
magnificence
&
luxury
of
a
summers
day.
I
rejoyce
that
you
are
Again
able
to
ride
on
horseback.
I
cannot
get
a
proper
horse
which
is
a
grief
to
me.
I
beg
my
best
respects
to
Lady
Barbara
&
affeet
te
love
to
Miss
Arnold.
Perhaps
I
may
be
able
to
tell
you
in
my
next
how
our
Lovyer
finds
himself,
as
he
gets
at
a
greater
distance
from
his
Mistress
&
her
estate
which
seems
to
have
made
a
considerable
part
of
his
passion.
Adieu
my
Dear,
&
very
Dear
Sister!
I
am
most
affec
tly
y
rs
E.
M.
TO
LORD
ALBEMARLE.
(
Sept.
19
1757
)
MY
LORD,
as
long
as
your
Lordship
is
my
Friend
and
His
Royal
Highness
my
Protector
(to
whom
God
protect
&
grant
always
Victory)
I
need
not
fear
to
speak,
to
express
my
Thoughts
freely.
I
inclosed
here
the
20։
Notes
which
I
have
no
ocasion
for,
so
as
His
Royal
Highnesss
Eyes
will
not
be
away
frome.
I
want
nothing,
and
if
I
am
not
turned
out
of
the
Room
again
that
is
sufficient
for
me;
I
am
gratefull,
and
always
will
be
so.
my
Lord
Your
Lordships
most
obed
t
most
humble
Servant
J.
EMIN
the
19
th
Sep
r
1757
(
On
the
back
)
To
The
Right
Honourable
The
Earl
of
Albemarle
Theres
a
long
story
about
this.
He
sent
back
a
20
note
to
L
d
A.
but
Major
freiday
advisd
him
not,
so
it
did
not
go,
-
I
am
glad,
He
has
a
noble
Soul,
incapable
of
recieving
because
hee
is
so
of
offering
insult;
-
Ill
write
it
you
when
I
have
time.
(
On
the
back
of
the
letter
)
The
Hon.
Edward
Montagu
Esq.
at
Sandleford
near
Newbury
Berks.
TO
MRS.
MONTAGU.
(
Oct.
4
1757
)
MOST
GRACIOUS
QUEEN
Let
not
your
Angr
fall
havy
upon
our
worthy,
&
sincere
Friend
Monsey
tho
he
has
made
you
uneasy
about
me
(concerning
Bank
Notes
which
he
has
mentioned
to
you,
&
you
are
under
anxiety
to
know
it)
but
still
he
deserves
to
be
our
head
Phisician
when
you
reign
Takuhy
of
Persia.
I
tell
you
madam
there
is
nothing
that
will
be
the
least
prejudice
to
your
Slave,
it
is
needless
for
me
to
write,
and
to
you
a
Trouble
to
read;
so
I
will
have
you
to
be
quite
Tranquil
about
me,
untill
I
have
the
Honour
to
see
you
again,
then
I
shall
be
able
to
give
you
an
account
of
my
Conduct,
&
Behavour
during
in
His
Royal
Highnesss
Camp
who
has
been
extreamly
gracious
to
me,
and
is,
&
will
still
be
so
as
long
as
I
live;
and
it
was
his
Pleasure
that
I
shoud
return
to
England
to
wait
for
his
arrival,
&
further
Pleasure;
Now
my
dear
madam
I
am
yet
alive,
but
lead
a
miserable
Life.
To
be
in
the
same
Land
with
you,
and
not
being
able
to
see
you.
Hard
indeed,
and
is
very
hard;
had
I
thought
my
Presence
woud
not
be
the
Occasion
of
puting
you
into
some
inconveniencies,
I
would
walk
it,
but
you
are
so
exesive
good,
and
delicate
in
your
Friendship,
that
you
will
not
make
so
free
as
to
say.
"Slave
Emin
take
yourself
away
for
I
have
a
Business
at
Present.
"
I
shoud
be
very
happy
if
you
woud
do
so,
besides
I
am
always
in
Fear,
not
knowing
how
long
I
shoud
stay,
even
when
I
have
the
Pleasure
of
your
sweet,
&
instructive
Company.
To
tell
you
madam
after
my
misery
which
is
above
mentioned,
I
have
one
very
great
Consulation
that
is,
when
I
am
alone
in
my
Closet,
I
make
a
Teliscop
of
my
mind,
and
when
I
have
made
it,
I
fix
my
Eyes
to
it,
&
through
which
I
discover
your
Picture
painted
on
my
little
Heart,
by
the
great
Wisdom
of
my
sincer
Friend
M
rs
Montagu,
I
begin
to
be
overjoyed,
and
glad;
like
the
Poor,
&
whether
bitten
Mariners
at
sea
when
they
see
their
Native
Land.
It
is
a
secret
Satisfaction
nothing
can
be
compared
to
it,
nor
any
man
can
presume
to
have
the
least
Idea
of
it,
without
being
on
sea
himself
I
am
madam
Your
most
Faithfull
Servant
&
Slave
J.
EMIN
4
th
Octo
r
1757.
P.
S.
my
Compliments
to
my
good
Friend
M
r
Montagu,
&
my
Love
&
duty
to
M
rs
Boscowen.
(
On
the
back
of
the
letter
)
To
The
Great
Mrs.
Montague.
[The
two
following
letters
were
written
by
Lady
A.
Sophia
Egerton,
wife
of
the
Bishop
of
Bangor.
Sophia,
(b.
1701),
and
Elizabeth
Adriana
(b.
1703,
d.
1765),
were
the
1st
and
2nd
daughters
of
Hans
William,
1st
Earl
of
Portland,
by
his
second
wife
Jane,
daughter
of
Sir
John
Temple,
Bart.
In
1718
Lady
Portland
was
State
governess
to
the
daughters
of
George
II.
Sophia
married
Henry
de
Grey,
Duke
of
Kent,
in
1728.
In
1720
Elizabeth
Adriana
married
the
Hon.
Henry
Egerton,
Bishop
of
Hereford.
Their
son,
John,
born
1721,
was
collated
by
his
father
to
the
rectory
of
Ross,
in
Herefordshire.
He
married
in
1748
his
cousin
Anne
Sophia,
daughter
of
the
Duke
of
Kent,
and
he
was
consecrated
Bishop
of
Bangor
in
I756.
He
continued
to
hold
the
rectory
of
Ross,
whence,
as
may
be
seen
from
the
address,
Lady
A.
Sophia
Egerton,
his
wife,
wrote
the
two
following
letters
in
1757.
The
Bishop
of
Bangor
became
Bishop
of
Durham
in
1771.
Lady
Sophia
died
in
1780,
and
he
married
again
in
1782.
He
was
a
great
benefactor
to
his
county
by
reason
of
the
encouragement
he
gave
to
public
works.
The
"serophim
children"
(p.
161),
were
a
daughter,
and
three
sons,
one
of
whom
died
in
infancy,
the
other
two
becoming
successively
Earls
of
Bridgewater.
Lady
Sophias
uncles
in
Holland
were
the
sons
of
the
Earl
of
Portland,
William,
born
1704,
and
Charles
John,
born
1708,
d.
1779.
William
was
made
a
Count
of
the
Holy
Roman
Empire
on
his
marriage
with
Countess
Sophie
of
Aldenburg,
1733.
]
To
Count
Bentinck.
(
Emins
arrival
)
(
Lady
A.
S.
Egerton.
)
Ross
Dec.
y
e
14
th
1757.
DEAR
SIR
Your
obliging
indulgence
to
me
gives
me
encouragement
to
trouble
you
by
M
r
Emin
with
this
letter
to
recommend
him
to
your
Favour
-
he
is
by
Birth
an
Armenian,
his
Father
is
a
Merchant
at
Calcutta,
where
having
seen
with
much
astonishment
the
European
dexterity
in
the
management
of
Ships
and
Arms,
he
conceived
there
was
a
possibility
of
his
learning
from
Them,
such
arts,
as
might
render
him
capable
of
releiving,
or
at
least
improving,
his
own
People;
this
amazing
Plan
has
been
hitherto
prosecuted
with
the
most
singular
Firmness,
&
success;
the
particulars
of
his
History
I
leave
to
him
to
relate:
-
he
is
now
going
to
visit
his
Countrymen
in
Holland,
and
as
desirous
of
being
permitted
to
pay
you
his
respects,
as
I
am
of
shewing
you
a
man,
who
from
his
extraordinary
Character,
&
Experienced
Merit,
has
been
much
noticed
in
England,
by
the
Worthy,
or
ingenious.
I
flatter
myself
my
Dear
Uncle
you
will
pardon
this
freedom,
&
accept
by
M
r
Emin
the
many
Compliments
&
respects
my
Lord
&
I
have
charged
him
to
present,
with
the
assurance
of
my
being
Dear
Sir
Your
most
obliged
Neice
&
obedient
faithfull
humble
Servant
ANNE
SOPHIA
EGERTON.
TO
EMIN.
Ross
Dec:
y
e
14
th
1757
DEAR
S
R
I
send
you
enclosed
a
letter,
(Open,
)
for
M
r
Bentinck
which
I
leave
to
you
to
seal
&
deliver
if
it
meets
with
your
approbation.
I
must
mention
that
I
have
another
Uncle,
M
r
Charles
Bentinck,
in
Holland
whom
I
am
perswaded
would
be
pleased
with
seeing
you
if
he
should
at
the
Hague
when
you
go
there,
but
as
Lady
Margaret
Bentinck,
his
wife,
is
Aunt
to
the
Duke
of
Richmond
you
cannot
want
any
introduction
from
me,
&
I
will
only
trouble
you
with
a
request
to
present
them
my
Lords
sincere
respects,
as
well
as
mine.
I
cannot
conclude
without
presenting
you
my
Lords
kind
Compliments,
&
telling
you
that
amongst
the
many
good
wishes
we
make
for
you,
we
selfishly
add
a
hope
that
we
may
repeat
them
to
you
in
person
before
you
leave
England.
I
am
S
r
Your
faithfull
humble
Servant
ANNE
SOPHIA
EGERTON
TO
LORD
CATHCART.
MY
LORD
CATHCART
I
have
suffered
along
with
the
rest
of
Nation,
that
his
Royal
Highness
the
Duke
has
been
indisposed,
he
is
now
thank
God
in
perfect
health;
but
my
exellent
Lord
Northumberland
is
now
laid
up
in
the
Gout,
so
that
I
am
unfortunate
on
every
side;
tho
in
my
heart
his
suffering
gives
me
more
pain
than
my
own
Loss;
and
yet
I
lose
no
little
thing
by
my
Friends
Indisposition;
and
your
Lordship
so
full
of
Business
can
hardly
have
time
to
think
of
an
unfortunate
Soldier
as
I
am.
Therefore
I
take
the
Liberty
to
make
this
my
humble,
&
short
Address
to
your
Lordship
that
your
Lordship
will
be
pleased
to
use
some
interest
in
my
behalf
to
his
Royal
Highness
again,
by
which
I
may
obtain
Orders
to
go
to
the
Academy
at
Woolwich
where
your
Lordship
has
first
thought
a
fit
School
for
me
to
go
to,
and
that
I
may
not
lose
the
Opportunity
of
improving
myself
since
I
know
that
I
am
crowned
with
the
Happyness
of
having
such
Noble
Friends,
and
Protectors
as
your
Lordship,
and
my
Lord
Northumberland,
but
I
shall
be
still
happier
when
I
find
myself
that
I
have
made
some
Progress
in
my
Undertakings
by
your
Lordships
Assisstance
&
Consideration
I
am
my
Lord
Your
Lordships
&c.
TO
MR.
PITT.
(
March
1758
)
SIR,
Though
I
never
had
the
Honour
to
be
known
to
you,
yet
I
have
the
Boldness
to
write.
I
have
been
over
great
Part
of
the
World,
and
have
seen
much
People;
but
I
wanted
to
see
Men;
for
the
Design
of
my
Travel
was
Knowledge,
and
I
thought
that
Knowledge
of
real
Men
was
better
than
Books,
therefore
I
have
turned
my
Eyes
upon
all
ways,
and
at
last
had
the
great
Happyness,
of
seeing,
and
hearing
you
in
that
Potent
House
of
Commons,
and
there
I
discovered
like
the
Light
breaking
upon
me,
what
my
Friends
had
often
told
me,
of
your
great
Love
to
your
Country,
and
your
wise
Eloquence
that
conqueres
more
than
the
Sword
of
a
Hero.
I
own
I
grew
a
little
Envious,
for
I
thought
no
man
loved
his
Country
better
than
I
have
mine,
but
I
confess
it
that
I
am
nothing
tho
I
have
been
Sailor,
Porter,
Slave,
and
suffered
every
thing
in
every
shape,
to
make
my
Country
what
you
have
made
yours.
Several
Armenians,
suffer
Hunger,
Thirst,
and
take
long
Journeies,
but
all
those
Hardships
are
only
for
money.
I
the
first
of
them
have
done
it
for
Knowledge,
and
for
my
Country.
This
is
my
small
Merit,
and
the
only
Recommendation
I
can
make
to
you.
Sir
I
will
observe
that
a
Cloudy
day
of
Winter
is
light
enough
to
see
what
is
about
us,
and
to
serve
common
Business,
but
permitt
me
to
say,
that
no
man
is
happy,
nor
in
good
Sperit
untill
the
sun
shines
out.
Then
there
is
Joye
upon
all
mens
Faces.
Thus
it
is
Great
S
r
with
me
in
this
Country.
I
along
with
the
rest
in
this
happy
Land
find
Benefit
of
the
Light
you
give
us
all
by
your
great
Wisdom
of
governing,
but
I
am
not
happy,
and
my
Life
is
dead
in
me
untill
I
see
the
Vezir
Azam
of
England.
If
You
do
me
this
high
Honour
you
will
see
a
poor
Soldier
whose
only
Fortune
is
a
Character
with
all
People
which
I
have
been
amongst.
I
was
a
Porter
for
Learning
not
for
Livelihood,
and
I
was
honest
in
that
low
way.
This
is
known,
when
by
the
goodness
of
great
Souls
I
was
raised
from
that.
I
was
not
idle
nor
ingreatefull.
I
have
been
high,
and
low,
and
I
was
not
bad.
When
I
served
the
last
Campain
in
Germany,
all
the
officers
both
the
English,
and
the
Germen
will
say
more
of
me
than
I
dare
to
think
of
myself.
I
have
Sir
in
my
Studies
for
my
Country,
found
the
way
to
advance
it,
and
do
some
Service
to
your
Noble
Nation
at
the
same
time.
My
humble
Plan
for
this
good
Design
I
will
do
myself
the
Honour
to
shew
it
to
you,
and
to
be
instructed
by
your
gread
Wisdom,
and
to
give
me
new
Lights
in
this
Great
matters.
My
Scheme
has
two
Qualities
which
makes
some
laugh
at
me,
others
seem
to
like
me
for
it.
Whatever
it
is,
it
is
little
without
your
assisstance.
If
you
approve
it
I
laugh
at
those
that
laugh
at
me,
at
any
Rate,
I
am
resolved
and
nothing
shall
stop
me,
but
Death,
which
is
common
to
every
Body,
and
an
honest
Heart
need
not
fear
any.
I
am
with
the
Greatest
Respect,
and
Veneration
Great
S
r
your
most
obedient
most
obliged
devoted
humble
servant
J.
EMIN.
in
the
month
of
March
1758.
To
the
R:
H:
William
Pitt
&c.
&c.
&c.
(
On
the
back
in
Mrs.
Montagus
writing
)
This
letter
was
addressed
to
Mr.
Pitt
Secretary
of
State.
MRS.
MONTAGU
TO
HER
HUSBAND.
Emin
March
1758
Lady
Medows
was
Mr.
Montagus
sister.
Tuesday.
MY
DEAREST
As
I
had
not
ye
pleasure
of
a
letter
from
you
last
post,
&
so
am
not
by
that
means
furnishd
with
matter
for
a
letter,
&
this
Town
is
so
dull
&
quiet
as
to
afford
no
kind
of
news,
I
shall
not
encroach
upon
your
leisure
as
I
am
apt
to
do
by
a
long
letter.
I
never
knew
ye
Town
so
empty
of
company
&
void
of
news,
Ad
l
&
M
rs
Boscowen
dined
here
yesterday,
drank
y
r
health
&
desired
their
compliments.
M
r
Isaacsons
called
on
me
this
morning
they
dined
with
Lady
Medows
on
s
unday.
Emin
dines
with
her
Ladyship
to-day
if
joy
can
give
appetite
he
will
make
a
good
meal,
for
by
ye
sollicitation
of
Lady
Yarmouth
M
r
Pitt
has
received
him
&
promised
to
see
what
can
be
done
For
him,
as
great
minds
are
akin,
M
r
Pitt
was
much
pleased
with
him.
Emin
repeated
to
me
his
discourse
to
M
r
Pitt,
&
it
was
full
of
Asiatick
fire
&
figure,
if
it
did
not
touch
ye
Statesman
it
must
ye
Orator.
M
r
Pitt
made
him
great
complim
ts.
I
hope
they
will
be
realised:
&
they
surely
will
if
Lady
y
armouth
continues
her
desire
to
serve
him.
My
little
Nephew
is
perfectly
well.
I
hope
you
will
receive
no
detriment
from
ye
bad
weather,
since
yesterday
the
weather
is
more
mild
but
it
is
now
rainy.
I
desire
my
comp
ts
to
all
our
friends.
I
am
ever
most
affectly
&
faithfully
Y
rs
I
am
very
well
and
shd.
E.
M.
therefore
be
very
happy
if
my
Dearest
was
not
at
such
a
distance.
The
dates
and
other
notes
printed
in
italics,
and
some
in
brackets,
at
the
beginnings
of
these
letters,
are
all
in
Mrs.
Montagus
writing
on
the
original
letters,
and
are
evidently
notes
made
for
the
purpose
of
classification.
