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Autograph letter signed : "Tereble Man of War Gib'r Bay", to [Sir John Sebright?], 1793 Oct. 3.

BIB_ID
387700
Accession number
MA 1269.8
Creator
Mawby, John, 1725-?.
Display Date
1793 Oct. 3.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 23.0 cm
Notes
Endorsed.
There is no personal salutation in this letter but in the closing he sends his compliments to Lady Sebright & Family.
Volume 12 (MA 1269) of a 33-volume collection of the correspondence of Sir James Pulteney, his family and distinguished contemporaries. (MA 487, MA 297 and MA 1260-1290). The arrangement of the collection is alphabetical by the author of the letter. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection level record for more information (MA 1269.1-63).
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of manuscripts.
Summary
Reporting that the Royal Irish departed that morning for Toulon; reporting on the men and supplies that were left behind in Gibraltar; expecting to arrive in Toulon in 10 or 12 days; sending his regards to Lady Sebright.