1804/01/25
Mountford, Timothy (fl. 1804-1810)
Autograph letter signed
Title: to [Tobias] Lear re: journal entry arguing absurdity of British/French alliance
Signed: "T.M." Mountford presents extensive arguments against the report "that the French & English have formed an alliance for the reduction of all Barbary," arguing that the two nations are natural enemies, that the French do not need the aid of the British and that the British inherently distrust the French. The alliance is only feasible if "both [nations] suffering from the ravages of war . . .
GLC02794.057