Identity area
Reference code
Lee/Box 1a/Doc 34
Unique identifier
GB 275 Lee/Box 1a/Doc 34
Title
A. L. s., from Michael Dodd to John Lee from H.M.S. Monmouth, Sheerness.
Date(s)
- 11 October 1809 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
3p paper
Context area
Name of creator
(1783-1866)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Gives thanks that Lee has arrived safely and not been detained on the continent, shares opinion that Flushing is a place of 'wretched desolation', gives account of troop movements aboard the Monmouth, including mention of fever, and hopes to see Lee again soon.