BIB_ID
395944
Accession number
MA 13315.7
Creator
Hotham, Charles Frederick, 1843-1925.
Display Date
1887 January 4.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 18.2 x 11.5 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of 22 letters to Lord Charles and Lady Beresford from various friends and associates; the letters are described individually (MA 13315.1-22).
Written on stationery embossed with the Admiralty seal.
Written on stationery embossed with the Admiralty seal.
Inscriptions/Markings
With the date the recipient responded, "2.4.87", written in pencil at upper left.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Informing him that a naval officer who was evidently the subject of a previous letter does not have the proper qualifications to make him eligible for a place as a sub-lieutenant, in addition to being too old to serve as a midshipman in reserve "as 18 is the maximum age".
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