BIB_ID
195674
Accession number
MA 13320.1
Creator
Berkeley, Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge, Baron, 1788-1867.
Display Date
1850 Aug. 21.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 items (3 pages) ; 18 x 11.5 cm + with envelope
Notes
Envelope with seal addressed to "Admiral Austen C.B. / Commander in Chief ... / East India Station.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Informing him that his appointments following the death of Captain Stanley have been confirmed, but that Commander Rice is not qualified to take an appointment in a ship of the line and suggesting that he apply for his son, and should objections be raised, to give the position to the first lieutenant , in hopes that in return his son will be given a ship "for your station"; closing with the observation that "Captain Erskine cannot read his instructions - it is very evident that he don't understand them".
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