BIB_ID
379496
Accession number
MA 2909.23
Creator
Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent, 1767-1820.
Display Date
1804 Oct. 20.
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Purchased as the gift of Douglas C. Ewing, 1972.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 32.3 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Colonel Wetherall / Adjutant General to His Majesty's / forces serving in Nova Scotia &c &c / Halifax / Nova Scotia / North America."
Endorsed.
Part of a collection of letters from Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent, to Colonel Frederick Augustus Wetherall. Items in the collection are described in separate records; see MA 2909 for details.
Watermark: Britannia seated with scepter and shield in a triple oval surmounted by a crown.
Watermark: Taplin 1803.
With trace of a seal.
Endorsed.
Part of a collection of letters from Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent, to Colonel Frederick Augustus Wetherall. Items in the collection are described in separate records; see MA 2909 for details.
Watermark: Britannia seated with scepter and shield in a triple oval surmounted by a crown.
Watermark: Taplin 1803.
With trace of a seal.
Summary
Telling him that "all is in good train, for the admission of the Children of [the Duke of Kent's] poor deceased faithful worthy old servant Serjeant Moore, into the Asylum at Chelsea"; commenting on the "Capture of three Spanish frigates with Treasure from South America, and the blowing up of a fourth that was in Company with them"; speculating that this victory "will decide the War with Spain"; noting that he plans to see the Secretary of War about "Lyons and Mrs. Gordon."
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