Certified copy of a letter from Sidney Smith to Lord Keith

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7 pp. 1/4, in quarto; handwritten; english; certified and signed: W. Sidney Smith;;Sidney Smith begins his letter to Lord Keith, Rhodes, 7.6.1800, with a remark concerning the Turkish accounts on their pretended victories in Egypt, and gives a report "as may be depended upon";;Smith gives a comprehensive view on the political situation, assesses the vizir's frame of mind in view of prevailing factions that oppose all European influence; writes on coasting communication; on the desired french evacuation and suspense of the Convention, following insidious calumnies to create discord, within the english ranks; on the country about Jerusalem as a rebellious district to the French army.