Talk:George Bethune English

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Moved from the article -- what the purpose of these 3 paragraphs escapes me, but someone may understand their point & be able to work them back in intelligently. -- llywrch 01:54, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

His works on religion appear to have been read by Thomas Jefferson who had a copy of his "The Grounds of Christianity Examined," and "Letter to the Reverend Mr. Cary." English was also referenced in a letter of March 10, 1823 indexed to English and written by John Adams to Jefferson that says, in part, "Mr. English a Bostonian has published a volume of his expedition with Ishmael Pashaw up the river Nile." This suggests that John Adams was aware of "Narrative of the Expedition to Dongola and Sennaar." John Adams was Secretary of State at the time that George Bethune English appears to have served in the U.S. Diplomatic Corps.

Moreover, John Quincy Adams, in a letter of April 2, 1823 as Secretary of State, wrote to George Bethune English -- "Sir, You are hereby authorised to proceed on the voyage suggested in your Letters of the 26th and the 28th ultimo, and for the purpose expressed in them. You will inform me, by Private Letters, of your progress and success; and will communicate, as often as you shall have convenient and safe opportunities, any information, commercial or political, which may come to your knowledge, and which may be interesting to the United States."

Similary, on January 3, 1825, Secretary John Q. Adams, wrote a letter to English marked "Secret" and, among other things, authorizing that English be paid at the rate of $2,000 per year.

[edit] Military history

The article shows little connection with military history, other than that he held a commission. I have therefore removed the WPMILHIST template. PKKloeppel (talk) 01:52, 8 May 2008 (UTC)