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Autograph signature: Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope, to James Burney, 1772 Nov. 18.

BIB_ID
107936
Accession number
MA 38.3
Creator
Cook, James, 1728-1779.
Display Date
1772 Nov. 18.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1905.
Description
1 item (1 p.), bound ; 30.8 cm
Notes
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.
The sloop "Adventure" was the sister ship of Captain Cook's ship, "Resolution."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer Quaritch in July 1905.
Summary
Being a document with Cook's signature, written in an unknown hand, appointing James Burney as a Second Lieutenant of His Majesty's Sloop Adventure.