Keppel, Augustus, Viscount, 1725-1786 to Charles Lennox, Duke of Richmond
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.556.06 Author/Creator: Keppel, Augustus, Viscount, 1725-1786 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript letter signed Date: April 11, 1783 Pagination: 1 p. ; 32 x 20.3 cm. Order a Copy
Informs Lennox that "His Majesty's ships the Cambridge, Panther, and Medway to be paid off and laid up at Plymouth." Plan to store the guns ordinances in "His Majesty's Magazine." While the order was given on 10 April 1783 the letter was written 11 April 1783.
Signed by Augustus Keppel, Frederick Ponsonby, and John Lindsay. Ponsonby signs as Duncannon, as Viscount Duncannon was one of his titles. All three men were Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Written from the Admiralty office.
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