Letter to Lady Arden, 16 December 1809
| Author/creator | Perceval, George author. |
| Other author | Adam Matthew Digital (Firm) digitiser. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2022. |
| Description | 1 online resource. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://www.lifeatsea.amdigital.co.uk/documents/detail/letter-to-lady-arden-16-december-1809/20751436 |
| Subjects |
| Series | Life at Sea: Seafaring in the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1600-2391 |
| Summary | George to his mother Lady Arden. He has received the items that she sent out, but the shoes wouldn't fit him. The ship has been struck by lightning, ruining the mainmast. They have encountered French deserters, who talk of an insurrection at Toulon. The BOREAS, one of the ships they disabled at Rosas, has limped back to Toulon, and he blames Collingwood for not keeping a proper lookout. He has been ashore in Minorca buying vegetables. Dated HM SHIP TIGRE, Port Mahon, 16 December 1809. |
| General note | AMDigital Reference:PER/1/39. |
| General note | National Maritime Museum, UK: Perceval Collection (PER). |
| Original version | Reproduction of: Letter to Lady Arden, 16 December 1809, 16 Dec 1809. |
| Location of original | National Maritime Museum, UK |
| Copyright note | © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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