| Description | Dated 26 February. Clavering [baptised 1722, died 30 August 1777, army officer] writes about a disputed transaction between Colonel Lesley and Colonel Champion, and complains of Lesley's refusal to comply with orders. With Francis's reply dated 26 February on reverse, in which he suggests that Lesley is acting out of passion and comments: 'I cannot afford to be the Friend of any Man who is so wonderfully his own Enemy as Leslie appears to me to be'. |