Autograph Letter Signed ‘Keith’, to "your Royal Highness", asking for an extension of a week’s leave for Cornet Ross, currently in His Royal Highness’s employ, following the arrival of the cornet’s brother from the East Indies.
Published by 2 pp. 9 x 7 inches, lower edge shaved with loss of a few words, otherwise fine.
- Used
Seller: Julian Browning Rare Books & Manuscripts, London, United KingdomJulian Browning Rare Books & Manuscripts
AbeBooks seller since May 19, 1998
Association member: PADA
Condition: Used
US$ 274.57
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4 November 1805. George Keith Elphinstone, Viscount Keith (1746-1823), admiral, fought in the American War of Independence, and commanded the expeditions which took Cape Town (1795-97) and landed the army in Aboukir Bay (1801). From 1812 he was commander-in-chief of the Channel Fleet, and had a line of cruisers along the French coast at the time of Waterloo. "The young man is in London on leave for one week and yesterday only had the good fortune to meet his eldest brother just arrived from East India .".
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Autograph Letter Signed ‘Keith’, to "your Royal Highness", asking for an extension of a week’s leave for Cornet Ross, currently in His Royal Highness’s employ, following the arrival of the cornet’s brother from the East Indies.
- Author
- KEITH, George Keith Elphinstone, Admiral Lord.
- Publisher
- 2 pp. 9 x 7 inches, lower edge shaved with loss of a few words, otherwise fine.
Julian Browning Rare Books & Manuscripts
London, United Kingdom
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