BIB_ID
401551
Accession number
MA 8855.3
Creator
Baird, David, Sir, 1757-1829.
Display Date
1820 July 8.
Description
1 item (3 pages, with address) ; 23.9 x 18.8 cm
Notes
Address panel with postmarks and addressed to: "John Spottiswoode Esq/ 40 Sackville [illegible]/ London".
Docketed.
Docketed.
Provenance
Removed from an extra-illustrated copy of Alexis Brialmont, History of the life of Arthur, duke of Wellington (London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1858-1860); PML 7901-7916; volume I.
Summary
Confirming that he had received Spottiswoode's letter about Mr. Samuel James Douglas's application to purchase a commission in the Horse Guards: "As to my being able to do anything for him in this Country, is quite out of the question, I have no patronage but my personal staff"; giving advice on Captain Mossman's request for a leave of absence; exchanging family news; discussing the route of a trip he is about to take with his wife, Lady Baird, encompassing Belfast and the Giant's Causeway.
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