BIB_ID
395717
Accession number
MA 13320.2
Creator
Berkeley, Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge, Baron, 1788-1867.
Display Date
1852 February 25.
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
Concerning Austen's "not being permitted to go out in a ship fitted for your flag", and promising to address Hyde Parker, the Senior Naval Lord of the new board, to "give him my opinion", and adding "I do not think this manner of kicking about flag officers is at all becoming"; concludes "I don't think this new administration can last a twelve month."
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