£200
Crimean War related letters including 1842 letter written and signed by Admiral Charles Napier (Commander of the Baltic Fleet in 1854) with two prints of Napier; 1865 letter written and signed by Admiral Lord Paget (who served with the Baltic Fleet and in the Crimea, later Secretary to the Admiralty and C-in-C Mediterranean); 1876 letter written and signed by General Henry Percy; 1854 letter from Augustus Jacob on H.M.S "Leopold" in Balaclava Harbour with good content on the harbour, state of the troops ashore and the incompetence of Lord Raglan, and a second 1859 letter from Jacob discussing his naval service including the destruction of Russian guns in the Crimea; c.1855 dinner invitation from H.M.S "Royal George" (serving with the Baltic Fleet), also various prints, etc. (6+).
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