BIB_ID
338775
Accession number
MA 38.43
Creator
William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837.
Display Date
1821 June 20.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1905.
Description
1 items (1 p., with address), bound ; 22.7 cm.
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmarks and addressed to "Captain Burney / Royal Navy / No. 26 / James Street / Westminster;" signed "Clarence" in 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.
Burney received a promotion to Rear-Admiral on the retired list in July 1821; Burney died November 17, 1821.
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.
Burney received a promotion to Rear-Admiral on the retired list in July 1821; Burney died November 17, 1821.
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
Informing him that he has "written most strongly in your favour to Lord Melville and trust you will obtain what you so richly deserve."
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