Admiral Vernon's dispatch to Sir Charles Wager, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1740.

History and Biography: Admiral Vernon's dispatch to Sir Charles Wager, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1740.

ID:	PHB/3B
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Phillipps
Date made:	1740-01-01 - ?; 1740
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Parts:	Collection of naval manuscripts gathered by Sir Thomas Phillipps. (Manuscript) Phillipps-Croker (Manuscript) (CRK) Calendar and selection of translated transcriptions of PHB/1B (Manuscript) (PHB/1A) "Papels varios tocant a Inglaterra manuscritos" (Manuscript) (PHB/1B) Letters from Captain William Burton, Royal Marines, to R A Devonport, 1803-6 (Manuscript) (PHB/2) Letters and dispatches from Admiral Vernon and Governor Trelawnay to Sir Charles Wager, 1738-40 (Manuscript) (PHB/3A) Admiral Vernon's dispatch to Sir Charles Wager, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1740. 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Admiral Vernon's dispatch to Sir Charles Wager, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1740.

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