119. Forbes (James Ochoncar, eighteenth Lord Forbes, army officer, 1765-1843) Autograph Letter signed to J. Ridge Esq., 4pp., sm. 4to, Cork, 30th October 1815, regarding an émigré volunteer, "I am induced to mention to you the name & situation of an officer, lately belonging to the Chasseurs Britanniques, in the hope that as the above Corps was in your agency, you will be disposed to contribute your aid and to put him in the way of obtaining the object for which he has come to London, viz to be placed on the Pension list, on consideration of the severe wounds he received while serving in Portugal…", folds, browned; and a small quantity of others, mostly indentures on vellum etc., including a 1699 Will, v.s., v.d. (14 pieces).
est. £150 – £200