Manuscript power-of-attorney written and signed

by Purdie, former surgeon's mate

$5,250 · Offered by Hordern House

Freetown, Sierra Leone: 12 April 1814. Folio manuscript of three pages two leaves measuring 322 x 205 mm. , laid paper watermarked 1812, with paper seal; folded to docket size. The later career of the surgeon's mate on the Investigator

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