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Ball, Alexander, fl. 1806 to Tobias Lear re: thanks for protecting British interests, intro. new diplomat

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02794.111 Author/Creator: Ball, Alexander, fl. 1806 Place Written: Malta Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1806/09/30 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 24 cm, Width: 18.8 cm Order a Copy

Ball thanks Lear for "the attention you have shewn to [the] interests of the British Government in the absence of their late consuls Falcon and Cartwright." He introduces the new British Consul, "W. Blanckley." Ball also thanks Lear for a gift of a "Horn of a Rhinoceros set in gold," mentions a return gift and the fact that Lear was planning to return to America. Attached to GLC 2794.094. Sir Alexander Ball was the governor at Malta. Docketed on p. 4.

Ball, Alexander, fl. 1806

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