Letter

Scope and Content

Letter from Col. J[ohn] Crewe to Lord Stamford. Recommends ensign James Tomkinson for a commission as company commander [see EGR4/1/2/14/42 above].

Dated at: Charlestown ("Charles Down") Camp [near St Austell co. Corn].

Dating: letter dated "17 August" but endorsed "July 17th | 1798" in the hand of the 5th Earl of Stamford.