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Hobart, Philip, fl. 1814 [Report on the movements of ships in the vicinity of Petit Bois, N. Island and R. Island.]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06997.045 Author/Creator: Hobart, Philip, fl. 1814 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document Date: 17 December 1814 - 20 December 1814 Pagination: 1p. : Height: 23.8 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Report on the movements of ships in the vicinity of Petit Bois, N. Island and R. Island. Note: A transcript exists. A note on the transcript reads: "Evidently a report on movements of the British fleet in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of the Mississippi coast, as seen from Biloxi."

Winchester, James, 1752-1826

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