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Admiral John Jervis, Earl St. Vincent. 1798 (July 9) Order from the "Ville de Paris off Cadiz" to Officers of H.M Ordnance at Gibraltar requesting a survey and estimate of the ordnance and stores from the French Brig "Polacre Corvette" captured by H.M.S "Flora"; and 1800 (Oct. 28) letter concerning election matters written from the "Ville de Paris" in Torbay enclosing a letter from Sir Thomas Gooch with a copy of his reply, posted as a free frank at Brixham to his cousin in London, all signed "St Vincent". Also an autograph on piece and coloured print of Earl St Vincent. Jervis commanded the 1794 expedition that captured Martinique and Guadeloupe, and was Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean at the Battle of St. Vincent in 1797. (4).
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