National Portrait Gallery of Illustrious and Eminent Personages of the Nineteenth Century: With Memoirs, Volume 3Fisher, Son, & Jackson, 1832 - Great Britain |
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... Captain ( now Sir Manley ) Dixon , in the Tobago sloop of war . " Port Royal , Jamaica , April 13 , 1783 . " Sir , I want words to express to your Excellency my just sense of your polite letter , of the delicate manner in which you ...
... Captain ( now Sir Manley ) Dixon , in the Tobago sloop of war . " Port Royal , Jamaica , April 13 , 1783 . " Sir , I want words to express to your Excellency my just sense of your polite letter , of the delicate manner in which you ...
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... captain's commission of that frigate . On His Royal Highness's appointment to this command , the captains then in harbour at Plymouth expressed their wish , by the Port Admiral , to be intro- duced to him in form . Prince William ...
... captain's commission of that frigate . On His Royal Highness's appointment to this command , the captains then in harbour at Plymouth expressed their wish , by the Port Admiral , to be intro- duced to him in form . Prince William ...
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... Captain Locker- " You must have heard , long before this reaches you , that Prince William is under my command . I shall endeavour to take care that he is not a loser by that circumstance . He has his foibles , as well as private men ...
... Captain Locker- " You must have heard , long before this reaches you , that Prince William is under my command . I shall endeavour to take care that he is not a loser by that circumstance . He has his foibles , as well as private men ...
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... Captain in the Navy . A daughter is referred to , in several of the memoirs of the time ; and a romantic interest is thrown over her life by the story of an attachment between her and Mr. Emmet , which has furnished material for ...
... Captain in the Navy . A daughter is referred to , in several of the memoirs of the time ; and a romantic interest is thrown over her life by the story of an attachment between her and Mr. Emmet , which has furnished material for ...
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... captain's commission in Colonel Crauford's regiment of light infantry . In 1761 , he accompanied the cele- brated Marquis of Granby to the continent , as a confidential Aid - de - camp , and fought by his side in the German campaign ...
... captain's commission in Colonel Crauford's regiment of light infantry . In 1761 , he accompanied the cele- brated Marquis of Granby to the continent , as a confidential Aid - de - camp , and fought by his side in the German campaign ...
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