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Auction: 26066 - Historical Documents, Autographs and Ephemera
Lot: 1315

(x) India
Calcutta
1814 (24 Feb.) entire letter from Francis Rawdon Hastings, 2nd Baron Moira, Governor-General of Bengal and Commander-in-Chief of the forces in India, to Colonel John Doveton, informing Doveton of the opening of a position in the Command of the Hydrabad Subsidiary Force and Hastings' intention to nominate him for the position, stating "I beg leave to say that my selection of you for such a post has been determined not more by my opinion of your talents than by my confidence in you uprightness & fidelity"; Enclosure with wax seal, without postal markings, various faults; letter 2pp, 8vo, fine.

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Estimate
£400 to £500

Starting price
£350