A British Rifle Man: The Journals and Correspondence of Major George Simmons, Rifle Brigade, During the Peninsular War and the Campaign of WaterlooSimmons, George
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A British Rifle Man: The Journals and Correspondence of Major George Simmons, Rifle Brigade, During the Peninsular War and the Campaign of Waterloo
Simmons, George
Peninsular War, 1807-1814; Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815
When anything particular transpires I will write you. I have at present
several articles, but cannot find any conveyance for them. I shall
leave them at Lisbon. My brother Maud has the history of everything
belonging to me. He sent me a letter the other day requesting I would
accept forty or fifty dollars, as I must be in want of money. I thanked
him, but desired him to take care of it until he arrived in England,
where it would be of use. He laughed at my delicacy. He is an impudent
fellow, I assure you. I also told him it astonished me exceedingly to
find he could keep any money; I wondered it did not become a burden to
him. He wanted one day to wager with me on that head, but on showing
him twenty-five guineas besides dollars, he passed it off and abused me
for covetousness. I expected a letter from him, and would have enclosed
it, but he is too idle to write, as I generally contrive to give him
all my news. I received a very kind letter from Colonel Sibthorp this
morning. By some accident it has been detained in England ever since I
was at Lisbon before. He says he fully expected me home, and had fitted
up a quarter for me in his house. He was extremely happy when he heard
through the Adjutant of the Lincoln, with whom I correspond, that my
health was again re-established; and in some measure to palliate the
disappointment he experienced in not seeing me, he sent me £25 for
my present use. He concludes his letter with again observing that if
I should be obliged to come home from wounds or illness or any other
cause, his house will always be open to me. I assure you this letter
gives me great pleasure. I know well it is in Colonel Sibthorp's power
to befriend me in my profession.
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