The situation put Kennedy in a financial bind, who writes on August 27, 1805 that “the loss of the Jane at a moment when I required an immense sum of money to meet my engagements threw me into such difficulty that to make ...

The letter is brief (less than a single page), but it does mention the following "Bonaparte is broken by the A.D. Charles and obliged to retreat-".

The letter is written from St. Thomas and Kennedy discusses the letters/telegrams he has received, "...this was received at a moment when I am in difficulties gives me a pleasing relief...I have been taken with all my ...