GOVERNOR of MADRAS MAJOR-GENERAL SIR THOMAS MUNRO 1810 AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED


GOVERNOR of MADRAS MAJOR-GENERAL SIR THOMAS MUNRO 1810 AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED

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GOVERNOR of MADRAS MAJOR-GENERAL SIR THOMAS MUNRO 1810 AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED:
$750.00


Munro, Sir Thomas. (1761-1827). Major-General, Governor of Madras, and a lifelong friend of he Duke of Wellington. AUTOGRAPH LETTER TO HIS BROTHER ALEXANDER SIGNED BY BRITISH MAJOR-GENERAL AND GOVERNOR OF MADRAS SIR THOMAS MUNRO. Worcester, U.K.: August 28th, 1810. A letter penned in black ink filling 1-1/4 sides of a 10\"x16\" sheet folded to form 4 sides. Signed \"Your affect. Brother / Tho. Munro\". The letter has been folded for mailing several times with the fourth side used as the cover. Alexander Munro\'s address in Edinburgh has been penned by his brother in the center. The fourth side also bears the broken wax seal used to seal up the letter and 2 postmarks, 1 in black ink & 1 in red. A strip of paper has been glued along the right margin of the fourth side where the letter has been mounted in an album. A tear to the 4th side has been repaired with tape & the top left corner is creased. The bottom right corner of the 1st side is creased.
A chatty letter of a personal nature from Thomas Munro to his brother Alexander about a trip to visit Lady Molesworth and her husband Sir Arscott Molesworth. \"I found some difficulty getting to [.....] for both the weather and the roads were very bad as it was raining very heavy when I arrived. She was at home but Sir Arscott was out as usual shooting Rabbits. Some parts of the house are very old probably as old as the [.....]. The modern part erected about a Century ago is a large pile of building well calculated for old English hospitality, but not for Convenience....\"
Pencarrow is the property being described here. It has been home to the Molesworth-St. Aubyns since the 1760s. This letter comes from the Pencarrow Collection which was sold by Sotheby\'s in 1999.
Major-General Sir Thomas Munro, 1st Baronet [1761-1827] was a Scottish soldier, colonial administrator and statesman. He served in India from 1779 to 1827. He was an East India Company Army officer and in 1820 was appointed governor of Madras.
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GOVERNOR of MADRAS MAJOR-GENERAL SIR THOMAS MUNRO 1810 AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED:
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