| Title: | Letter About War & Pirates from the Sovereign of Belfast, . |
|---|---|
| ID | 188 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Black, George/111 |
| Year | 1781 |
| Sender | Black, George |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | Sovereign (mayor) of Belfast |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | published in the Belfast Newsletter |
| Destination | unknown |
| Recipient | unknown |
| Recipient Gender | unknown |
| Relationship | unknown |
| Source | D 2015/5/7: Presented by C.L. Davis, 59 Maryville Park, Malone, Belfast 9. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, N. Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9808325 |
| Date | 16/10/1781 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LET |
| Log | Document added by LT, 14:08:98. |
| Word Count | 78 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | Transcribed from the Belfast Newsletter, 16 October, 1781 Contains a letter from the Sovereign of Belfast to the two members of Parliament - extract : - When we see our coasts insulted and our trade plundered by pirates and hostile privateers, we lament that the present situation in Great Britain, environed by enemies, incapacitated our Gracious Sovereign from affording to his faithful subjects that protection which we are confident he wishes to grant and on that account it is our earnest desire to see a few frigates speedily fitted out and employed for the protection of the Irish trade. etc. Geo. [George?] Black Sovereign. |
