SUMMARY: This offering is a LS by Lord of the Admiralty George Anson dated 1752. Price:$750.00

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Admiral George Anson, 1st Baron Anson PC RN (1697 – 1762) was a British admiral and a wealthy aristocrat, noted for his circumnavigation of the globe and his role overseeing the Royal Navy during the Seven Years' War.he was a legendary figure in British naval history. Anson's chaplain, Richard Walter, recorded the circumnavigation, which he included in A Voyage Round the World published in 1748. It is, "written in brief, perspicuous terms", wrote Thomas Carlyle in his History of Friedrich II, "a real poem in its kind, or romance all fact; one of the pleasantest little books in the world's library at this time".Many Royal navy vessels were named after him and even certain counties and towns are named after him in the United States.

This offering is a letter signed, 1 p,, 7 " x 12 ", Admiralty, dated 20 March1752 , and signed ANSON. Condition very good.The letter reads, "As I intend to raise my flag on the William and Mary Yacht, I desire that you will please to cause a set of signal colorus to be placed on board her, and that you will cause William Wake to be sent on board her as a pilot during her intended voyage to Holland & back again." Docketed on verso and verso page 1.It is probable that the William Wake mentioned by Anson is the same William Wake after whom Wake Island was named after Wake visited the island as Master aboard the British schooner Prince William Henry in 1796 .Anson material is very scarce and this is the first letter with nautical content we have encountered.

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Price: $ 750.00