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Anonymous letter from HMS BACCHANTE, Vancouver Island, addressed to "Dear Mother" : Correspondence
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Anonymous letter from HMS BACCHANTE, Vancouver Island, addressed to "Dear Mother" : Correspondence 3 May 1861.
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Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2022.
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1 online resource.
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AMDigital Reference:AGC/B/20.
National Maritime Museum, UK: Letters (AGC).
Reproduction of: Anonymous letter from HMS BACCHANTE, Vancouver Island, addressed to "Dear Mother", 3 May 1861.
National Maritime Museum, UK
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Summary
Anonymous letter, dated from May 3rd 1861, from HMS BACCHANTE, Vancouver Island, addressed to "Dear Mother". The anonymous author, an ordinary sailor to judge by the level of literacy, requests his mother inform him of the amount of half pay she has drawn while he has been away, and also provides comments of Valparaiso and the Eskimo Indians he has encountered on his voyage.
Variant and related titles
Life at Sea: Seafaring in the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1600-1901.
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Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 12, 2023
Series
Life at Sea: Seafaring in the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1600-1985
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