Mar 22, 2018 - Sale 2470

Sale 2470 - Lot 194

Price Realized: $ 100
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 80 - $ 120
BARROW, JOHN. Letter Signed, "JnoBarrow," to Rear Admiral Graham Hamond, informing him that the Admiralty cannot approve the entry of William Harris as Clerk of the HMS Blonde, and that they appointed E.D. Bach Additional Clerk of the Blonde. 2 pages, folio, with integral blank; short closed separations at folds. "Admiralty" [London], 1 October 1835

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John Barrow (1764-1848) served as secretary of the admiralty, 1804-45, founded the Royal Geographical Society in 1830, and wrote a number of works on travel and exploration.