letter, letter
Accession Number
NAM.1981-12-53-252
Description
Letter to William Warre from George Smith, Port Louis, Mauritius, 21 Aug 1818. Writes of his spices, hopes coffee would be dispatched on the ‘Venus’, discusses the type of horse that he wanted from the Cape. One of 101 papers in the collection relating to William Warre’s period as Deputy Quarter Master General, Cape of Good Hope, 1814-1819. From a collection of 566 papers of Lt Gen Sir William Warre (1784-1853) relating to his military career, 1807-1851.
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