Name/Title
LetterEntry/Object ID
1984.10.11Description
1873 Grand Trunk Railway Appointment Letter "Lieutenant-Colonel J. Hickson to Captain T.W. Elliott, No.4 Battery, Grand Trunk Railway 1st Brigade Artillery." Rectangular, tan paper. Scrolled, printed title "Grand Truink Railway of Canada Audit Office Montreal" Handwritten in sepia ink: "I have pleasure in giving below copy of Col. Hickson's order dated yesterday appointing you as Captain of No.4 Battery. The promotion goes forward to Ottawa today to be gazetted. F.W. Radford Lieut and Act Ajt Feby 5th 1873"Made/Created
Date made
1873Notes
Early Date: 1873Inscription/Signature/Marks
Transcription
accession number on back in pencilDimensions
Width
20.3 cmLength
25.3 cm