Keppel, Augustus, Viscount, 1725-1786 [Appointment of John Knowles to lieutenant on a bomb vessel]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.548 Author/Creator: Keppel, Augustus, Viscount, 1725-1786 Place Written: Great Britain Type: Document signed Date: January 16, 1759 Pagination: 1 p. : vellum Height: 27 cm, Width: 32.3 cm Order a Copy
Countersigned by George Rogers. Appoints Knowles Lieutenant on the bomb vessel, the Furnace. Keppel was the Commander in Chief of his Majesty's Ships and Vessels.
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