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Auction: 20025 - Historical Documents, Postal History and Autographs
Lot: 600

Great Britain
Naval
A good group of documents (25) including Sir Richard Haddock cut signature; 1752 commission document appointing a Lieut. to HMS 'Winchelsea', signed Admiral Lord Anson; 1808 official receipt for pay from the 'Messina signed by George Airey; 1810 (10 July) letter signed from Sir Charles Cotton (Admiral) from San Joseph off Toulon to Captain Robert Mitford requesting him to receive on board men listed overleaf "For a passage to Gibraltar ... and transferring them to Alacrity", signed "C. Cotton"; 1813 (28 Aug.) letter signed from Sir Richard Hussey Bickerton (Admiral) to Captain Mitford granting Mitford "A mounths leave of absence", signed "Bickerton" complete with address panel marked "On The Majestys Service" and rated manuscript "6"; 1823 ALS signed Sir Thomas Munroe; 1824 (2 June) ALS to Mr. John McHutchin in the Isle of Man written at length over two pages offering advice on how best to ensure a pension for the widow of Captain Kelly, with address panel, interesting; 1835 (14 July) ALS from Admiral Sir Edward William Campbell Rich Owen to R Byham thanking him for his service and inviting him to stay; 1834 Free Front signed "R Byham"; 21 May (no year) ALS from Admiral Sir Malcolm Pulteney to unnamed correspondent sending addenda to his paper navigation "by steam" to India; 1859 Sir Charles Napier ALS expressing doubt as to whether he might command the "Baltic Fleet"; 1860 (28 June) ALS from Charles Napier to unnamed.

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Estimate
£800 to £1,000

Starting price
£650