Antarctica 1901 handwritten letter from Ernest Shackleton

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Antarctica 1901 handwritten letter from Ernest Shackleton

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?Discovery? Expedition. 1901 (17 Jul) handwritten letter from Ernest Shackleton on ?National Antarctic Expedition? headed notepaper (203 x 324mm), addressed to ?My dear Longhurst? [Cyril Longhurst - secretary of the British National Antarctic Expedition, and for whom Mount Cyril in Antarctica is named] requesting provisions and general stores to be forwarded to him as a matter of urgency, and signed ?Ernest H Shackleton?; very minor signs of ageing along one fold otherwise fine and clean. With full transcript.

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16th Apr 25 at 10:30am BST

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