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Actions	letter, Lord Lewis Gordon, 1740 Remove from selection Add to selection $Archived Images\2017\2017.006.1.jpg; 2017.006.1; ;$ Object number2017.006.1 Titleletter, Lord Lewis Gordon, 1740 Creator Lewis Lord Gordon (author)‎ DescriptionLetter, Lord Lewis Gordon, Portsmouth to an unknown recipient. Written during his tenure in the Royal Navy, Gordon tells the recipent that he now ashore, and that he had a 'very pleasant cruize [sic] off Cape Finister and ye coast of Gallicia', recalling the taking of a privateer of 16 guns and 145 men, and two English merchantmen. Dated Portsmouth, June 21st, 1740. Gordon was a noted Jacobite and a member of Prince Charles Edward Stewart's council. He also raised Aberdeenshire battalions which fought at Falkirk and Culloden. Production placePortsmouth Production date 1740-06-21 - 1740-06-21 Object nameletter Materialpaper Dimensions height: 22.7 cm width: 18.3 cm

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Object number2017.006.1

Titleletter, Lord Lewis Gordon, 1740

DescriptionLetter, Lord Lewis Gordon, Portsmouth to an unknown recipient. Written during his tenure in the Royal Navy, Gordon tells the recipent that he now ashore, and that he had a 'very pleasant cruize [sic] off Cape Finister and ye coast of Gallicia', recalling the taking of a privateer of 16 guns and 145 men, and two English merchantmen. Dated Portsmouth, June 21st, 1740. Gordon was a noted Jacobite and a member of Prince Charles Edward Stewart's council. He also raised Aberdeenshire battalions which fought at Falkirk and Culloden.

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Production date 1740-06-21 - 1740-06-21

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