A good document being a cheque dated August 12 1828, signed clearly by Frederick Marryat. Mounted to paper. Captain Frederick Marryat CB FRS 1792 - 1848 was a Royal Navy officer, a novelist, and an acquaintance of Charles Dickens. He is noted today as an early pioneer of the sea story, particularly for his semi-autobiographical novel Mr Midshipman Easy (1836), for his children's novel The Children of the New Forest (1847), and for a widely used system of maritime flag signalling known as Marryat's Code. Size 178mm x 115mm Condition is good.