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Dealers in Fine Postage Stamps and Postal History - Valuations for Probate and Insurance
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1806  SAILOR'S LETTER FROM "WM HEWITT AFTERGUARD H.M.S. DICTATOR YARMOUTH ROADS 15TH NOV 1806" COUNTERSIGNED BY "EDW" CLYDE 1ST Lt H.M.S. DICTATOR" addressed to Charing, Kent and showing...

1806  SAILOR'S LETTER FROM "WM HEWITT AFTERGUARD H.M.S. DICTATOR YARMOUTH ROADS 15TH NOV 1806" COUNTERSIGNED BY "EDW" CLYDE 1ST Lt H.M.S. DICTATOR" addressed to Charing, Kent and showing...


...a Yarmouth mileage and manuscript 'P1' in red.  The letter is signed 'Wm Mumm' and the letter probably written for him by Wm Hewitt.  MUMM WAS PRESSED INTO SERVICE AND SEEKS MONIES TO PAY FOR A REPLACEMENT FOR HIM - "...SUBSTITUTES GOT IN LONDON FOR 12 GNS..." and "...A MAN OF WAR IS AS BAD AS ANY PRISON..." etc.



Item reference: 1826

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