SIGNED LETTERS AND PICTURES MOSTLY RELATING TO THE RAISING O...

SIGNED LETTERS AND PICTURES MOSTLY RELATING TO THE RAISING OF THE MILITIA IN ENGLAND DURING THE NAPOLEONIC WARS. To include framed documents relating to the military career of William Thompson, including a commission dated 8th August 1787 signed by George III 'George R'. Also comprising a Captain's commission for William Thompson in the West Kent Militia under Colonel Thomas Dalton, signed John Jeffreys, Earl Camden dated 1809. Also including a later naval commission to 'Engineer' for another William Thompson dated 1868, with accompanying portrait. To also include portrait miniatures of Lieutenant Colonel Richard Thompson, 68th Durham Light Infantry, Major George Thompson, Royal Artillery Staten Island, and Captain George Thomas R.N. Largest H45 (8).

Estimate:$200.95

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