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Autograph letter signed : "Admiralty", to an unidentified recipient, 1789 May 11.

BIB_ID
101251
Accession number
MA 489.96
Creator
Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816.
Display Date
1789 May 11.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 22.3 cm
Notes
This item is part of a collection of letters and documents concerning the siege of Yorktown and the surrender of Cornwallis; see main record for MA 488-489 for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from New York dealer Joseph F. Sabin, 1907.
Summary
Concerning the reduction of rank in error of Thomas Aldridge and a change of ship assignment for Woollard Carpenter.