letter, envelope, letter
Accession Number
NAM.2001-05-619-1
Description
Envelope letter to Maj William Lee, 16th Light Dragoons, dated 1797. Sent from London to Maj Lee at Hanley, Staffordshire, 28 Feb 1797, regarding a banker’s draft that was not honoured by the agents. The letter is an example of full postal rates charged on officers’ mail and is accompanied by biographical notes.
Inscriptions
Stamped: ‘Newcastle / Under-Line’. Endorsed: ‘Not for Hanley nr’ and ‘Not at Warwick’ and on the front ‘Not Henley in Arden’ and on the back ‘Returnd no such a person at Hanley, Staffordshire’.
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