Account for erecting new fortifications and barracks in Nova Scotia and its dependencies : document signed : Halifax, 1796 June 24-Sept. 24.

Record ID: 
379493
Accession number: 
MA 2909.39
Description: 
1 item (6 p.) ; 37.9 cm
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Complete title: "Government in account current with Lieutenant General His Royal Highness Prince Edward on account for erecting new fortifications and barracks in Nova Scotia and its dependencies within his command paid between the 24th June & the 24th September 1796."
Signed by Prince Edward on the final page.
Endorsed: "Duplicate. Account of Expenses incurred for erecting New Fortifications & Barracks in Nova Scotia by Order of Lieutenant General His Royal Highness Prince Edward, between the 24th June & 24th September 1796."
From Brialmont, Life of Wellington, vol. VII, p. 88.
Part of a collection of letters from Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent, to Colonel Frederick Augustus Wetherall. Items in the collection are described in separate records; see MA 2909 for details.