Autograph letter signed, to Captain John Piper, Commandant at Norfolk Island

Name: Autograph letter signed, to Captain John Piper, Commandant at Norfolk Island
Price: 95000 AUD
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Author: William Bligh

by William Bligh

A$95,000 · Offered by Hordern House

Signed

Government House Sydney: 12 October 1807. Folio, ink on paper, with integral address leaf On His Majesty s Service/Captain Piper/Commandant at Norfolk Island/By Aurora, Capt. Myrric ; in excellent original condition. A significant moment: Bligh orders the evacuation of Norfolk Island

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