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Letter: Peter Dillon to Reverend Josiah Pratt, 13 October 1820
Peter
Dillon
Author
Reverend
Josiah
Pratt
Receiver
text
Letter
Kolkata, India
13 October 1820
11 June 1821
3 July 1821
Notes about where the letter was created: Calcutta, India
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Letter was sent to London, England
Notes about the destination address: Church Missionary House, London
Hocken Collections' Title: Captain Peter Dillon, Calcutta, to Reverend Josiah Pratt, Secretary
Calcutta
51.461748,0.36158
October
1820
Rev
Mr
Pratt
Sir
Dillon
Kendall
Hall
New Zealand
-41.244772,174.675751
Dead
Dead
London
51.513016,-0.127931
Dublin
53.352191,-6.261048
Boundary disputes
Dispute
John
James
Ireland
53.333385,-8.000003
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Letter: Peter Dillon to Reverend Josiah Pratt, 13 October 1820
Peter Dillon
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Library of Congress Subject Headings
Letter
Maori Subject Headings
Reverend Josiah Pratt
13 October 1820
Kolkata, India
London, England
11 June 1821
British English
Dead
Boundary disputes
Calcutta
October
1820
Pratt
Dillon
Kendall
Hall
New zealand
Dead
London
Dublin
Dispute
John
James
Ireland
Calcutta
October the
13 1820
To the Rev Mr Pratt
Sir
I beg you will excuse the liberty an entire stranger takes in addressing you on the following subgect.
The Person who addresses you is
Capt
Captain
P Dillon of the H. East Company Country Service, who formerly Command-ed the Missionary Brig Active when shee went with Mr Kendall and Hall to New Zealand
I will be extreamly obliged if you will caus one of our Servants to see the
Inclosed
enclosed
letter delivered, or to see if the person to home it is directed is living or dead, or if he has left London or not. I have frequently
writ to the person for hom the outher letter is but Could neveur get and answer, his existence is a matter of the greatest Conciquince to me as I intend to go to Europe if he is a live, and enter an Ackchioun [?] for the Recovery of som landed property which I have been deprived of my Counseler writs from Dublin if I can procure this mans credence I will gian the property in dispute. I have writ to him by sevoural and directed authers to inquire and let me know the result. but was all ways disceaved which is the caus of my thus intruding on
youre
You're
time by the advice of one of your
Missionarys
missionaries
in this part and answer to the above inquiry will confer a great obligeachion [?]
me pray Direct as underneath
I am with much
Respect your Obed
Servant
Peter Dillon
To
Capt
Captain
P Dillon, hear of Mi [? Page cut] John Gilmore and Co Calcutta. Of the person I inquire after is James McCabe a Niative of Ireland who lived at No36 East Lane Barmu—nsey London he was in the Employ of a Mr Frinch of that plias who [?page torn] kept a Rope Walk
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