Letter from Fairfax's uncle, concerning 'ill usage in the navy', February 1708 [alluding to his promotion being revoked and given instead to Lord Dursley].

ID:	FFX/6/3/5
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Fairfax, Robert
Date made:	1708-02 - ?
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	1 item
Parts:	Letters from his Uncle Thomas Fairfax 1706 - 1712 (Manuscript) Letter from his uncle Fairfax relating to 'a lame thumb', undated. (Manuscript) (FFX/6/3/1) Letter from uncle in Dublin, relating to good wishes of Lord Rivers and Lieutenant Gen Erle, October 1706. (Manuscript) (FFX/6/3/2) Letter from his uncle in Dublin, relating to the taking of a French privateer, June 1707. (Manuscript) (FFX/6/3/3) Letter from his uncle in Limerick, relating to building at Newton rather than 'an old rotten house at York', September 1707. (Manuscript) (FFX/6/3/4) Letter from Fairfax's uncle, concerning 'ill usage in the navy', February 1708 [alluding to his promotion being revoked and given instead to Lord Dursley]. (Manuscript) (FFX/6/3/5) Letter from his uncle in Dublin, relating to winter ailments, January 1709. (Manuscript) (FFX/6/3/6) Letter from his uncle in Dublin, relating to discovery of Colonel Fairfax's will, [ which appears to have some bearing on the purchase of the Bilborough estate] March (Manuscript) (FFX/6/3/7) Letter from uncle in Dublin, thanking him for a book, April 1710. (Manuscript) (FFX/6/3/8) Letter from uncle in Dublin, thanking him for a book, April 1710. (Manuscript) (FFX/6/3/9) Letter from his uncle in Dublin, advising Fairfax enter Parliament, August 1710. (Manuscript) (FFX/6/3/10) Letter from his uncle, concerning a further letter to The Duke of Buckingham requesting his influence at the Admiralty, October 1710. (Manuscript) (FFX/6/3/11) Letter from his uncle in Dublin, relating to his health, March 1711. Also includes a short letter from his cousin, Cath Bladen. (Manuscript) (FFX/6/3/12)

Letter from Fairfax's uncle, concerning 'ill usage in the navy', February 1708 [alluding to his promotion being revoked and given instead to Lord Dursley].

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