To the Honble Colo Samuell Vetch Adjutant Gene[ra]l of her Maj[es]ties forces : the memorial of Capt Henry Edwards of Newfoundland sheweth ..., [1710?].

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To the Honble Colo Samuell Vetch Adjutant Gene[ra]l of her Maj[es]ties forces : the memorial of Capt Henry Edwards of Newfoundland sheweth ..., [1710?].

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Signed contemporary copy of a memorial by Capt. Henry Edwards of Newfoundland, probably written after October, 1710, to Samuel Vetch, who after that date was governor of Nova Scotia and military commander of British troops in the region.

1 item (1 folded sheet (4 p.)) ; 24 cm.

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