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Official letters to Admiral Sir George Byng while commander of British fleet in Mediterranean during Sicilian Campaign.

Admiral Sir George Byng, ist Viscount Torrington (1663-1733). Official letters to Byng while commander of British fleet in Mediterranean during Sicilian Campaign, 1718-20. Typed transcript translations.

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ID:	TRN/13
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	1718-01-01 - 1720-12-31; 1718-1720
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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