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Manuscript copy of a letter : [London], to William Carr (Viscount Beresford), 1815 January 31.

BIB_ID
189542
Accession number
MA 8912
Creator
Bathurst, Henry Bathurst, Earl, 1762-1834.
Display Date
1815 January 31.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 31.9 x 20.3 cm
Notes
Written from "Foreign Office".
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 IV, page 46.
Summary
Informing Beresford that difficulties have arisen with regard to the plan he and Lord Castlereagh had proposed of giving British officers in the Portuguese army an additional allowance; telling him that it has been decided instead to increase their wages to full pay for their respective ranks; informing him that a letter has been sent to the Home Guards on this matter, and that he is enclosing a copy of it; advising him on how to calculate the pay periods.