Letter with instructions from Captain William Fitzwilliam Owen of HMS EDEN to Captain George Scott of HMS CHAMPION.

Letter from William Fitzwilliam Owen, Captain of HMS EDEN to Senior Officer at Clarence, to Captain George Scott of HMS CHAMPION, instructing him to call at Ascension on his way to Halifax to deliver the public despatches and collect letters to be sent to England by any available vessel.
Also on the same sheet is the letter from Edward Nicolls to William Fitzwilliam Owen laying out the orders he is to give to Captain Scott.

Record Details

Item reference: SOT/5/9
Catalogue Section: Personal collections
Level: ITEM
Extent: 1 sheet
Date made: 1829-06-17
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London