Autograph letter signed from John Grenville, Earl of Bath, Stowe, to William Blathwayt, Secretary at War, Whitehall, London [manuscript], 1685/6 March 22.
Autograph letter signed from John Grenville, Earl of Bath, Stowe, to William Blathwayt, Secretary at War, Whitehall, London [manuscript], 1685/6 March 22.
Thanking Blathwayt for "his Majestyes orders wch shall be most carefully observed... you shall constantly have an account from time to time of the march of the Regiment".
Note
Written from Stowe, the Grenville home in Kilkhampton, Cornwall. Signed as: Bathe. Addressed on verso with seal and postmark: For William Blaithwait, Esq., his majestyes Secretary at Warr at Whithall, London. 1 bifolium.
Historical background
The Earl of Bath was given, by James II, the command of the 10th regiment of foot.
