ROBERTS, Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl (1832-1914). Field Marshal.
Autograph Letter Signed to Reade, 2½ pages 8vo, on writing paper of the Royal Hospital Dublin, 29 April 1898. Thanking Reade for his letter and enclosures (no longer present), which indicate that Reade's father expected Colonel Cotton to be appointed, making his alteration in his new edition about Colonel Fraser accurate.

Roberts's memoir Forty-one Years in India was published in 1897.
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