BIB_ID
459011
Accession number
MA 14909.6
Creator
Edward Augustus, Prince, Duke of Kent, 1767-1820, sender.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 22.6 x 18.5 cm
Notes
Signed "Edward / Lieut General."
Written from "Lodge," i.e. Prince's Lodge in Halifax.
Docketed.
"Earl of Moira" was a Royal Navy ship upon which members of the Royal Nova Scotia Regiment served (Collections of the Nova Scotia Historical Society, vol. XX [Halifax, 1921], p. 171). Captain Jones Fawson of the RNSR commanded these marines (ibid, pp. 39, 171).
Part of a collection of letters from Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent, to Sir John Wentworth, 1st Baronet (MA 14909).
Written from "Lodge," i.e. Prince's Lodge in Halifax.
Docketed.
"Earl of Moira" was a Royal Navy ship upon which members of the Royal Nova Scotia Regiment served (Collections of the Nova Scotia Historical Society, vol. XX [Halifax, 1921], p. 171). Captain Jones Fawson of the RNSR commanded these marines (ibid, pp. 39, 171).
Part of a collection of letters from Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent, to Sir John Wentworth, 1st Baronet (MA 14909).
Provenance
Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Informing him of travel plans for himself and military personnel, including the married soldiers and their families of a particular company; discussing movement of "the Earl of Moira" coming from "her cruize" and proceeding immediately to Quebec; hoping Wentworth will give "[Captain] Fawson directions to make all possible expedition in getting ready for sea, as the season is advancing rapidly" and "the company" on their arrival in Quebec will require "a considerable time" before reaching "the head Quarters of the Regt. at St John's."
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