BIB_ID
458049
Accession number
MA 14814
Creator
Barrow, John, Sir, 1764-1848, sender.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 17.5 x 11.7 cm
Notes
Written from the Admiralty.
Inscriptions/Markings
In pencil at foot following the name of the recipient: (son of Flora M - DNB).
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Writing that he is "unacquainted with what Sir Home Popham may be doing in the way of telegraph" as he is "perfectly satisfied that for naval purposes, we want nothing more than the plain six-shutter telegraph and the alphabet on a single card."
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