Lord Lieutenant's office, Fifeshire, 8th August 1803. Sir, At this momentous crisis, I feel it my duty to call forth the assistance of every description of men ...
Crawford, George Lindsay-Crawford,Earl of,1758-1808
[Edinburgh? : s.n.,
1803]
Caption title.
An open letter from George Lindsay-Crawford, 22nd Earl of Crawford, in his position as Lord Lieutenant of Fife, to the local clergy. Following Britain's declaration of war on France in May 1803, Crawford urges them to encourage their parishioners to volunteer for military service, and to "animate the people,and rouse their energy, in defence of their liberty and independence."
Signed at the end: Craufurd.
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
Scotland Edinburgh.