BIB_ID
107730
Accession number
MA 38.42
Creator
William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837.
Display Date
1820 Aug. 4.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1905.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address), bound ; 23.1 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmarks and addressed to "Captain Burney / Royal Navy / James Street / Westminster;" signed "Clarence" in the lower left corner.
At the time of this letter, William IV was the Duke of Clarence; he did not succeed to the throne until 1830.
Part of a collection of correspondence and papers of Rear Admiral James Burney. Items in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection level record for more information.
At the time of this letter, William IV was the Duke of Clarence; he did not succeed to the throne until 1830.
Part of a collection of correspondence and papers of Rear Admiral James Burney. Items in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection level record for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer Quaritch in July 1905.
Summary
Replying to his request for assistance with the Boards of Admiralty with regard to his attempts to have his naval rank reinstated.
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