Description: PRINTS BOOKS PHOTOGRAPHS MANUSCRIPTS CURIOSITIES - "LORD HILL REQUESTS THE HONOR OF MAJOR PEEBLES COMPANY ON SATURDAY EVENING THE 18TH AT 9'OCLOCK TO MEET THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON." -HILL (General Rowland, British Army officer who served in the Napoleonic Wars as a brigade, division and corps commander. In 1828 he became Commander-in-Chief of the British Army 1772-1842); PEEBLES (Major [from 1838, Lt. Col. in the Royal Marines at Chatham] Thomas, present at the siege of Malta, died 1848.]Handwritten note from General Rowland Hill inviting Major Peebles to meet the Duke of Edinburgh, c1837. Short note written in brown ink in the third person, on a folded sheet of 12mo writing paper (chain lines and watermarked 'J Wha[tman]'. Not dated but circa 1837. Docketed 'Major Peebles / 9th Regiment'. Very Good condition. Folds for dispatch. Light age-toning to folds. Minor paper residue from seal on docketed side. Please ask if you require a more detailed condition report, or view gallery images closely.A short note written in the third person from General Rowland Hill inviting Major Peebles to meet the Duke of Wellington. key words:
Price: 135 GBP
Location: Ascot
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Non-Fiction Subject: History & Military
Year Printed: 1840
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Binding: Unbound
Original/Reproduction: Original
Author: General Rowland Hill
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
