[Lord Sligo [Howe Peter Browne, 2nd Marquis of Sligo], Governor of Jamaica.] Autograph Letter Signed with regard to payment for a theatre box 'for the remainder of the season'.

Sligo was appointed Governor of Jamaica in 1834. His efforts on behalf of the recently-emancipated slaves (including the financing of two schools) caused him to become unpopular with the plantation owners, and he was effectively ousted in 1836. 2pp, 12mo. Twenty-one lines of text. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn. Folded for postage. Small square of paper with engraving of the family crest laid down at the foot of the second page. Addressed to ‘My Dear Sir’ and signed ‘Sligo’. The Marquis’s handwriting is somewhat opaque. Begins: ‘Mr [Bailey?] having taken on himself to say that you might give me the Sixty Guineas that I was offered for my box in the remainder of the Season from the 19th of June, or rather from after next Saturday [Evng?] I think that the best way to make matters all right will be to send you a check for Eighty Guineas’. He continues with reference to arrangements for the following year.