NAM.2001-12-71-1

Letter dated 22 Feb 1792 from his home at Crown Point, Norwich, written by Major John Money, pioneering balloonist and military theorist, to Lieutenant William Lee (sic Leigh) of the 16th Light Dragoons. He explains that he is on his way to Paris and if there is war with Austria he is to command a legion of 1000 infantry and 400 cavalry with the rank of major general in the French army

Wars of the French Revolution (1792-1802)