"SHALL I SEND YOUR DOG DOWN TO YOU" BASTARD (Lieutenant, Lieutanant and Commander in the Navy during the Napoleonic Wars)

Small collection of material relating to Captain Richard Bastart R. N., including an Autograph Letter addressed to him on H. M.. S. Flamer, saying that he had seen him arrive "at Woolwich in the Napier, I have sent this line to ask you if I shall send your Dog down to you. He is in high preservation and I think you would like him. He is what you may call a clear color viz black and tan, rather large, and a capital watch dog, but at the same time very good natured ..." asking him to send him a line and he will get him deliver "or perhaps I had better send him to my own livery stables and any of your party coming up might send there for him ...", 3 sides 8vo., with integral autograph address, Taplow Court, Maidenhead, 21st January 1834,
together with a later printed document with the details filled in by hand from the Bank of England concerning a transfer of stock, 19th February 1853 and an autograph envelope of 1862

Lieutenant Richard Bastard entered the Royal Navy in July 1798 and saw a lot of action in his career, including the Battles of Trafalgar Rochefort and Copenhagen. The Wood Paddle Steamer 'Flamer' which Bastard commanded had returned to Woolwich after being employed on the Falmouth Packet Service,

Item Date:  1834

Stock No:  39805      £175

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