James Maitland, Earl of LAUDERDALE (1759–1839), British politician and diplomat. Letter (signed in the third person), Paris, September 19, 1806, to Admiral Jean-Baptiste de Lacrosse; 2½ pages, quarto; in French. [Lauderdale was then Minister Plenipotentiary in France, charged with negotiating peace.] He responds to Lacrosse’s letter, but “illness and the sad news he has received from England prevent him from writing personally on this occasion to the Admiralty, but if His Excellency would be so kind as to forward to him—either to Lord Lauderdale’s address or to that of Mr. Goddard, Secretary to His Britannic Majesty for the mission in Paris—the details of the name, etc., so that Lord Lauderdale may send to Lord Howick the very document that His Excellency will forward to him, Lord Lauderdale will not delay a moment in doing everything in his power to secure what His Excellency desires”…