Document on vellum signed : Whitehall, to Percy Kirke, Captain General of the city of Tanger [Tangier], 1682 Apr. 19.

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Document on vellum signed : Whitehall, to Percy Kirke, Captain General of the city of Tanger [Tangier], 1682 Apr. 19.

Appointing him colonel of a regiment stationed in his city.

1 item (1 p.) : vellum ; (oblong fol.)

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