Letter from Adj Military Secretary’s Office to Ensign J N Sargent, 95th Regiment, 1844 (c)-1864 (c).
Encloses a copy of a memorandum which states that Her Majesty has been pleased to appoint J N Sargent an ensigncy, by purchase, in the 95th Foot.
A copy of the memorandum is handwritten and the letter is printed and completed in manuscript.
One of 19 items relating to Gen John Neptune Sargent, CB, 95th Regiment and 2nd and 1st Bns the Buffs Regiment, 1844-1864.
Gen Sargent also served in 42nd Brigade Depot and 27th Foot, 1st Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 1873 to 1893, in Hong Kong, China, Alma, Inkerman, the Siege of Sevastopol and Malta. 
From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum.