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Autograph signature to a commission, 1775 Sept. 27.

BIB_ID
107973
Accession number
MA 38.7
Creator
Graves, Samuel, 1713-1787.
Display Date
1775 Sept. 27.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1905.
Description
1 item (1 p.), bound : on vellum ; 30.0 x 33.5 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.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer Quaritch in July 1905.
Summary
Appointing James Burney to first Lieutenant on the H.M.S. "Cerberus."