[Letter: Toribio de Montes to Andrew Ross]

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Title: [Letter: Toribio de Montes to Andrew Ross]
Creator: Montes, Toribio de
Contributor: Montes, Toribio de
Ross, Andrew,--1773-1812
Published / Created: 1808 February 17
Description: Andrew Ross (1773-1812), Army officer who suppressed the 1802 mutiny of several regiments at Gibraltar; probably appointed Governor of Essequibo and Demerara in 1807 or 1808. He retired to Madeira for his health in 1809, but returned to service in the Peninsular War and died at the siege of Carthagena on September 26, 1812.
Extent: 1 folder (1 letter) ; 31 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English
Spanish; Castilian

Format: text
Genre: Autographs
letters (correspondence) (AAT)
Subject (Geographic): Caribbean Area--History
Puerto Rico--History--19th century--Sources
Saint Croix (United States Virgin Islands)--History--Sources
Subject (Name): Montes, Toribio de
Ross, Andrew,--1773-1812
Subject (Topic): Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815--Campaigns--Caribbean Area
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815--Campaigns--Spain
Peninsular War, 1807-1814--Campaigns--Spain

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Citation: Letters and Documents Relating to Andrew Ross. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.