[JAMAICA] PARKER, SIR WILLIAM. Signed letter as Commander-in-Chief of Jamaica to Captain Thomas
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[JAMAICA] PARKER, SIR WILLIAM. Signed letter as Commander-in-Chief of Jamaica to Captain Thomas Bertie on board HMS Hindostan.
Swiftshure at Jamaica: 14 July 1796. One page letter on a long sheet in a secretarial hand signed in a shaky hand "WParker", 12 1/2 x 8 inches (32 x 21 cm), usual folds, else fine.
In this letter, commander-in-chief to Jamaica William Parker allows Captain Thomas Bertie on board HMS Hindostan to return to England due to "the accident you had received to your head." Parker had a long career in the Royal Navy and around this time distinguished himself in two major sea-battles, the Glorious First of June in 1794 and the Battle of Cape St. Vincent in 1797. His signature is scarce.
C The Collection of Jay I. Kislak sold to benefit the Kislak Family Foundation
Swiftshure at Jamaica: 14 July 1796. One page letter on a long sheet in a secretarial hand signed in a shaky hand "WParker", 12 1/2 x 8 inches (32 x 21 cm), usual folds, else fine.
In this letter, commander-in-chief to Jamaica William Parker allows Captain Thomas Bertie on board HMS Hindostan to return to England due to "the accident you had received to your head." Parker had a long career in the Royal Navy and around this time distinguished himself in two major sea-battles, the Glorious First of June in 1794 and the Battle of Cape St. Vincent in 1797. His signature is scarce.
C The Collection of Jay I. Kislak sold to benefit the Kislak Family Foundation
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[JAMAICA] PARKER, SIR WILLIAM. Signed letter as Commander-in-Chief of Jamaica to Captain Thomas
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