Letter from Lord Palmerston, Secretary of War, to Lt. General Drummond Regarding Compensation Claims for Wounded Officers- September, 1815
Description
- Sponsors
This item is a part of the 1812 History digitization project. This project was made possible with the support of the Department of Canadian Heritage through the Canadian Culture Online Strategy.- Creators
- Lord Palmerston, Secretary of War, Correspondent
- Lt. General Drummond, Recipient
- Media Type
- Text
- Item Type
- Correspondence
- Description
- This letter, from Lord Palmerston, Secretary of War, to Lt. General Drummond discusses claims for compensation by officers wounded in action. He stated that applications must be sent to him along with a report from a Medicine Board of Officers and certificates from the Commanding Officers of Regiments that show the nature and effect of the wounds. He also asked for information on when the wounds were received.
- Date of Original
- 25 September 1815
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 992.5.027
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.25012 Longitude: -79.06627
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