DISCUSSING THE NAPOLEONIC WARS, THE BRIEF RUMOR OF PEACE IN JULY, AND THE ACTIONS OF MIRANDA IN SOUTH AMERICA. BARRY ALSO MENTIONS HIS LATEST VINTAGE OF WINE PRODUCED ON THE ISLAND OF TENERIFE, IN AN AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED FROM JAMES BARRY TO JOHN STOUGHTON, DATED 30 SEPT. 1806.
Single sheet, folded, 2 leaves. 2pp. of text, approx. 320 words, addressed on last integral leaf to John Stoughton, Esq., His Catholick Majesty's Consul Gen'l. for the State of Massachusetts, Boston, and sent by ship, via an acquaintance of Stoughton's, a Mr. Thaxter [or Thayher?]. Old fold lines, chip to..... More