Extracts from the ‘Bristol Journal’ and ‘Bristol Advertiser’ concerning the capture of the French LEWIS ERASMUS and the MARQUIS DE AUTIN by the British privateers DUKE and PRINCE FREDERICK, and their arrival into Bristol

Originally published between August and October 1745. The DUKE and the PRINCE FREDERICK were commanded by Captain John Talbot in 1745.

ID:	WLK/2/7
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	1745 to 1808; 1748-01-03 1755-09-05 1756-09-16 1761-02-19 1808-12-02 circa 1842
Measurements:	1 paper
Parts:	Papers relating to the distribution of the Royal Family's prizes (Manuscript) Copy of George Walker’s will, written in Lisbon on the 3rd January 1748 (Manuscript) (WLK/2/1) Disposition of George Walker to Thomas Walker or Mrs Betty Cranford, 5 September 1755 (Manuscript) (WLK/2/2) Letter from George Walker to an unnamed recipient, 16 September 1756 (Manuscript) (WLK/2/3) Letter from George Walker to the Reverend Gersham Stewart, 19 February 1761 (Manuscript) (WLK/2/4) Letter to John Stewart, 2 December 1808 (Manuscript) (WLK/2/5) 'Particulars concerning the Royal Family Privateers and the prizes taken to the amount of more than a million sterling which sailed from Bristol in March 1746’ (Manuscript) (WLK/2/6) Extracts from the ‘Bristol Journal’ and ‘Bristol Advertiser’ concerning the capture of the French LEWIS ERASMUS and the MARQUIS DE AUTIN by the British privateers DUKE and PRINCE FREDERICK, and their arrival into Bristol (Manuscript) (WLK/2/7)

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