STATEMENT OF THE SERVICES OF CAPTAIN EDWARD ROTHERAM IN THE ROYAL NAVY

two pages, undated, 4to, torn, together with facsimile copies of The Times newspaper of 3 October 1798 and 7 November 1805 announcing victories at the battles of the Nile and Trafalgar; together with a short memoir of the “Late Captn E. Rotheram, C.B., R.N.”, two pages, 8vo; some notes concerning Captain Rotheram’s tombstone, 7 June 1891, three pages, 8vo; a certificate of the marriage of Edward Rotheram and Dorothy Harle, dated 5 March 1785, one page, 4to; and a silver-framed photograph of a portrait of Captain Rotheram

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Provenance: Captain Edward Rotheram (1753-1830) and thence by descent.

Condition Report

generally fair with tears and nicks

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