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3a.: ricardo to his superior officer, s. beckett1 - David Ricardo, The Works and Correspondence of David Ricardo, Vol. 11 General Index [1810]

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The Works and Correspondence of David Ricardo, ed. Piero Sraffa with the Collaboration of M.H. Dobb (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2005). Vol. 11 General Index.

Part of: The Works and Correspondence of David Ricardo, 11 vols (Sraffa ed.)

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3a.

ricardo to his superior officer, s. beckett1

Sir

I received your letter dated the 18th. inst, directed to the Commander of the St. Leonard Volunteers, with instructions concerning assembling the Corps this day at 4 oClock.— I think it necessary again to acquaint you, that the Bromley St. Leonard Volunteer Corps, which I had the honour to command, has been disbanded nearly six months

I am Sir Your obedt. humble Servt.

David Ricardo

S. Beckett Esqr.

[1 ]MS in Public Record Office, “H.O.42–107”. I am indebted to Sir Leon Radzinowicz for calling my attention to it.

Ricardo joined the Bromley and St. Leonards Volunteers in 1803, and was commissioned as Captain in the same year. See above, X, 47 & n.