ALEXANDER BAXTER, 1798, of Napoleonic and Masonic interest, a rare certificate issued by the Glasgow St Mungo’s Masonic Lodge recommending Alexander Baxter to fellow Masons, dated Glasgow 13 January 1798 with silk ribbon and large wax seal, 19 x 32cm Alexander Baxter (1777-1841) studied medicine in Edinburgh and on 3 August 1799 received a Commission into the Army as Assistant Surgeon to the 35th Foot Regiment. The Regiment subsequently served in the Mediterranean and, in 1805, Baxter was appointed Surgeon to the Royal Corsican Rangers, where he became acquainted with Hudson Lowe, later Governor of St Helena during Napoleon’s exile. Lowe arranged for Baxter, who had by that time served in the Peninsula and the American War, to accompany him to St Helena in 1816, where he hoped Baxter would become a medical attendant to Napoleon. Baxter remained on St Helena until 1819, and although he met Napoleon a few times, the Emperor would not accept him as a medical attendant and Baxter had to compile medical reports on Napoleon for the Governor on the basis of what he was told by Napoleon’s preferred surgeon, Barry O’ Meara (full details in Arnold Chaplin, ‘A St Helena Who's Who’). Condition report: Minor tears and age marks, see images.