NAM.2002-01-251-53

Manuscript letter with typed transcript from Ian Hawker to Lt William Lee, later Lieutenant Colonel, 16th (or The Queen’s) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons in Thetford, Norfolk, redirected to the James Hotel, London, 1791 (c). The letter asks him why he did not write the minute he was given his cell, possibly he is in prison for debt, and tells him he will release him if he knows how much the debt is. From a collection of 112 letters and envelopes addressed to Lt Col William Lee, 5th Baronet, 16th (or The Queen’s) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons, 1749-1810. Also includes photocopies of other letters from the same correspondence.