1737-1832 Documents and letters comprising 1737 letter from ...

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£150 - £180

1737-1832 Documents and letters comprising 1737 letter from Customs House London signed by five Commissioners of Customs to Boston concerning a Detachment of Dragoons sent to the port and H.M Sloop "Otter" sent to seize smuggling vessels; 1762 letter from Capt. Affleck of H.M.S "Baleine" to Capt. J.B Tinker commanding H.M.S "Medway" requesting a survey of damaged stores; 1788 letter from Rear Admiral Jonathan Faulkner at Titchfield to the Navy Pay Office; 1795 letter from Capt. Augustus Montgomery on H.M.S "Bedford" at St. Fiorenzo Bay to "R. Polhill, Surgeon to the British Naval Hospital at Leghorn"; and 1832 free letter from Admiral Sir George Martin in London. Affleck became an Admiral in 1795; Faulkner commanded H.M.S "Victory" at the Battle of Ushant in 1778; Martin captained ships at the Battle of Cape St. Vincent in 1797 and Finisterre in 1805, accepted the surrender of Malta in 1800 and became Admiral of the Fleet in 1846. (5).