"New York 6 Janry 1776", dateline on folded letter from Walter Buchanan to David Milligan at London, England, endorsed "pr the Samson, Henry Cooper, QDC", two-line "Portsmouth / Ship Lre" postmark with manuscript "4" rating, London "9/FE" Bishop mark on backflap; some soiling and fold toning, Fine, ex-R.M. Willcocks. Estimate  $3,000 - 4,000. AN EXCELLENT LETTER CONVEYING THE SENTIMENTS IN AMERICA TO THE RECENT KING'S SPEECH TO PARLIAMENT AND THE BATTLE OF QUEBEC. This letter from Walter Buchanan to David Milligan mentions, "This day the King Speech to Parlt was presented here, by which it would appear no mercy is to be shown but absolute submission on our part. I think a spirit of infatuation has gone abroad over these lands. Pride on one side and jealousy of the other will cause much blood spilled before this creach is made up. God grant us a speedy reconcilliation and prevent us become to each other, what the Benjamites and Isrealites were — a scourge." No late account from northward, later then the 5th, then Montgomerie lay before Quebec and had given them 24 hours to consider of a surrender, or sending the woman & the children out of town, preceeding his commencing a bombardment, - I wish myself out of this country with all my heart, but my situation wont admit it yet".The Battle of Quebec was fought on December 31, 1775, between American Continental Army forces and the British defenders of Quebec City early in the American Revolutionary War. The battle was the first major defeat of the war for the Americans, and it came with heavy losses. General Richard Montgomery was killed, Benedict Arnold was wounded, and Daniel Morgan and more than 400 men were taken prisoner. The city's garrison, a motley assortment of regular troops and militia led by Quebec's provincial governor, General Guy Carleton, suffered a small number of casualties. $0 (Image)