Correspondence between George Macartney and Cuthbert Fenwick, March 1789.

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Correspondence between George Macartney and Cuthbert Fenwick, March 1789.

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Four letters: two from Captain Fenwick to Macartney, dated 13 and 19 March 1789 and copies of two from Macartney to Fenwick, dated 18 and 22 March. Letters regard a lawsuit against Fenwick for the theft of a ship's cargo in India. Fenwick claimed he was obeying the orders of his senior officer, General Eyre Coote.

4 sheets (10 p.)

Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138

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Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138

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Coote, Eyre, Sir, 1726-1783

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Macartney, George Macartney, Earl, 1737-1806

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