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Autograph letter signed : Wigan, England, to Charles James Fox, 1806 February 3.

BIB_ID
128735
Accession number
MA 2875
Creator
Balcarres, Alexander Lindsay, Earl of, 1752-1825.
Display Date
1806 February 3.
Credit line
Purchased on the Acquisitions Fund, 1974.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 23.2 x 19 cm
Notes
Written from "Haigh Hill, Wigan".
Provenance
Purchased from the New York dealer H.P. Kraus, November 1974.
Summary
Mentioning his service under General Burgoyne; asking for support in his application to succeed Lord Moira as commander of the forces in North Britain (Scotland); adding that he trusts that "my Friends & Relatives Lord Moira & Mr. Erskine may represent me to you as deserving of your Countenance & Protection."