Cleland letter

Reference code: HOYFM.ACL2023.2/1/9
Level of description: Item
Title: Cleland letter
Scope and content: Letter to John's brother, Hugh. Explains how he was unable to sent a letter to Hugh as everyone in the port is preparing to assemble at Yarmouth in order to go abroad and attack the Danes at Bornholm. Mentions meeting W. M. Robert on board the Excellent, who wrote to the transport board asking for leave to go home but they replied that he had to attend them as soon as the ship was paid off, which it was yesterday. Sent from the HMS St. George, ..., to Hugh Cleland at Downpatrick.