BIB_ID
101650
Accession number
MA 23545
Creator
Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814.
Display Date
Wivenhoe, England, 1797 August 8.
Description
1 item (1 page, with address) ; 24.7 x 19.7 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmarks to "M. General Ross / Ordnance Office / Westminster."
Summary
Asking him to secure a copy of Staunton's book; saying "Having heard Sir Stanton's book of Lord Macartney's Embassy is about to make its appearance, if not appended with more trouble than its worth, would you have the goodness to purchase it for me & after reading it to send it here. According to the last accounts of the Dutch being still in the Texel, we need not yet sleep in our boots."
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