Lord Loudoun's Aide de Camp Jan 1757
Who was James Cunninghame? He was aid de camp to Lord Loudoun. All we know is this:
James Cuninghame, Loudoun’s aide-de-camp, tried to sell his captaincy in the 45th Regiment in April 1757, but he appears to have remained an officer in the regiment until 1773. - From Founders Online footnote.
And this is rest of what we see on him. But it's in German.
That link cited this link:
Lt.-Gen. James Cuninghame was born on 12 December 1731.He was the son of Colonel David Cuninghame and Margaret Callander. He died on 10 September 1788 at age 56, unmarried. He was one of those selected to escort Queen Charlotte to England for her marriage to King George III.1 He gained the rank of Lieutenant-General in the Army. He gained the rank of Colonel in the 45th Regiment of Foot. He held the office of Governor of Barbados between 1780 and 1782.
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From George Washington to James Cuninghame, 28 January 1757
To James Cuninghame Fort Loudoun January 28th 1757 Sir
When the inclos’d for His Excellency the Earl of Loudoun was wrote;1 I (as well as most others) was in hourly Expectation of His Lordships arrival in Virginia. Since then it is reported, and with an Air of great probability, That, Important affairs to the Northward will deprive this Colony of that much desird Honour and Happiness this Season which you may imagine Sir, is cause also for great regret and disappointment to the well-wishers of it.
I wish the inclosd account had more Order, regularity, and Eligance to recommend it. It contains incontestable Facts—plain and perspicuous to All who are in the least degree acquainted with our Affairs; and were thrown together rather as hints that might set His Lordship upon a stricter enquiry than as a full and distinct Account of Our Circumstances—It is in this light I offer it Sir, first to your perusal; after which, if you find any thing containd worth His Lordship’s Notice, be pleasd to present it.
That an Offensive Scheme of Action is necessary if it can be Executed, is quite Obvious.
Our All in a manner depends upon it. The French grow more and more Formidable by their Alliances, while Our Friendly Indians are deserting our Interest. Our Treasury is exhausting, and Our Country Depopulating—some of the Inhabitants fly intirely of, while others Assemble in small Forts destitute (almost) of the necessary’s of Life; to see what Measures will be concerted to relieve their Distresses.
This Sir, I assure you, is at present the Situation of Affairs in Virginia.
I am firmly perswaded that 3,000 Men under good regulation (and surely the 3 Middle Colonies coud easily raize, and support that Number) might Fortifie all the Passes between this and Ohio: Take possession of that River: cut of the Communication between Fort Duquisn and the Lakes, and with a middling Train of Artillery (with proper Officers & Enjineers) make themselves Masters of that Fortress, which is now become the Terror of these Colonies.
I have presum’d to mention this Sir, from the knowledge I have of the Country, and Enemy; and hope I may, with out vanity say, that there are few Persons who have had better oppertunity’s to become acquainted with both, than I have. I shoud esteem it a particular happiness to be of your Acquaintance—
and to have an oppertunity of testifying how much I am Sir
Yr most Obedt Hble Servt Go: Washington ALS, CSmH.
Founders Online Footnotes
This is one of the very few letters written by GW between 1754 and the end of 1758 for which there is the receiver’s copy but no copy in GW’s letter book.
James Cuninghame, Loudoun’s aide-de-camp, tried to sell his captaincy in the 45th Regiment in April 1757, but he appears to have remained an officer in the regiment until 1773.
1. GW enclosed his long letter to Loudoun of 10 Jan. 1757. On 27 Feb. Cuninghame acknowledged for Loudoun its receipt.
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1From George Washington to James Cuninghame, 28 January 1757 (Washington Papers) When the inclos’d for His Excellency the Earl of Loudoun was wrote; I (as well as most others)... 2To George Washington from James Cuninghame, 27 February 1757 (Washington Papers) I had the honor to receive your letter from Fort Loudoun with one Inclosed to Lord Loudoun who... 3To George Washington from James Cuninghame, 16 October 1757 (Washington Papers) I had the pleasure to receive a letter from you by Mr Fairfax, to whome I shall shew every...
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Compiled by Jim Moyer in 2021, updated 11/20/23
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Angelica Kauffman
The artist of the above portrait is:
Maria Anna Angelika KauffmannRA (/ˈkaʊfmən/KOWF-mən; 30 October 1741 – 5 November 1807), usually known in English as Angelica Kauffman,[a] was a SwissNeoclassical painter who had a successful career in London and Rome. Remembered primarily as a history painter, Kauffmann was a skilled portraitist, landscape and decoration painter. She was, along with Mary Moser, one of two female painters among the founding members of the Royal Academy in London in 1768.
Her firmest friend, however, was Sir Joshua Reynolds. In his pocketbook her name as "Miss Angelica" or "Miss Angel" appears frequently; and in 1766 he painted her, a compliment which she returned by her Portrait of Sir Joshua Reynolds.
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