Letter, 20 Dec 1813.
Sent from Commodore Penrose, in charge of Naval Affairs at Gibraltar, at Plymouth Port to Lt Gen Colin Campbell, Lt Governor of Gibraltar,
Letter discusses the illness and subsequent discharge of Colin who has been taken by his brother James to Tidmouth, and informs Campbell that he has been offered the command of the North Coast of Spain, and the naval cooperation with Lord Wellington by Lord Melville, which he accepted.
Associated with Napoleonic Wars, War at Sea (1803-1815), and Peninsular War (1808-1814).
From a collection of papers and other items associated with Lt Gen Colin Campbell, Lt Governor of Gibraltar, 1750-1850 (c).