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Autograph signature on Admiralty document : 13 Jan 1779 : (MISC 0482) : appointing Peter Dupuy Abbott "Second Lieutenant of His Majesty's Ship, The Flora, and Lieutenant at Arms"; on vellum; document also signed by John Buller and Henry Penton; countersigned by Philip Stephens, secretary.|||To David Garrick, actor and playwright : 1 autograph letter signed : 9 Apr 1776 : (MISC 0481) : from Admiralty : begins, "If I had never heard of such a man as Piper the butcher, if he had never had a bat in his hand, if he sold the worst meat within a days journey of the place, I think, that as he comes to me under the auspices of so good a patron, I should have employed him ..."; with Garrick's autograph docket on the verso.|||To an unidentified recipient : 1 autograph letter signed to "Sir" : 5 Jun 1746 : (MISC 0480) : from London : begins, "A resolution is taken (as the rebellion seems now to be drawn to a conclusion) to disband all the new raised Regiments directly, except the D[uke] of Bedford's, D[uke] of Montagu's, Ld. Halifax's & I believe Ld. Granby's who as they have a considerable number of Prisoners in their custody, cannot with safety to the Publick be dismissed ...".