Autograph letter signed : Weymouth, to Sir James Murray-Pulteney, 1807 Dec. 22.

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Autograph letter signed : Weymouth, to Sir James Murray-Pulteney, 1807 Dec. 22.

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Enclosing a copy of part of a letter from his brother, a lieutenant in the Belleisle, dated Tortola, 26 October, 1807, describing conditions in the fleet and plans for the attack on St. Thomas.

1 item (3 p.) ; (8vo)

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Robilliard, N., fl. 1807.

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