Memorandum on the conditions under which Duke Fitzjames was recruiting for his regiment in Ireland, ca. 1733.
Description
Physical Description:
1 letter (4 p.) ; 34 cm. Notes:
Autograph memorandum, unsigned, on the conditions under which Duke
Fitzjames (1712-1787) was recruiting for his regiment in Ireland
(ca. 1733), at the invitation of the Duke of Portland. Document
contains manuscript text on pages 1 and 2; pages 3 and 4 are blank.
Memorandum is undated and unsigned. Paper on which memorandum is
written bears a watermark and a countermark. Title supplied by
cataloger. Subjects:
Fitzjames, Charles de Fitzjames, duc de, 1712-1787. ; Great
Britain. Army -- Irish regiments. ; Military service, Voluntary. ;
Recruiting and enlistment. Form/Genre:
Personal papers. (aat) Physical Collection:
Papers of Charles-René-Dominique Sochet Destouches, 1754-1804
(bulk 1780-1781) ; Orderly Books of the American Revolution. Provenance:
Purchased from the American Art Association, 1926.
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