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Drake, William, fl. 1782 [Private signals for British vessels to identify one another at sea by day and night]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.412.16 Author/Creator: Drake, William, fl. 1782 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript signed Date: 13 November 1782 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 32.5 cm, Width: 19.7 cm Order a Copy

Provides very specific instructions for identification procedures. Written on board the H.M.S. Perseus. Written to Captain George Darby, commander of the sloop Pylades. Based on the command of Admiral Leonard Horner.

Darby, George, fl. 1720-1790
Drake, William, fl. 1782
Horner, Leonard, fl. 1782

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