BIB_ID
413817
Accession number
MA 13985.2
Creator
Delane, John Thaddeus, 1817-1879.
Display Date
[1855] May 21.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 items (2 pages) ; 18.6 x 11.6 cm
Notes
Year of writing suggested by related correspondence and internal evidence, including refererences to the Crimean War.
Addressed from "Serjeant's Inn."
One of a collection of 4 letters addressed by John Thaddeus Delane to Alexander William Kinglake (MA 13985.1-4).
Addressed from "Serjeant's Inn."
One of a collection of 4 letters addressed by John Thaddeus Delane to Alexander William Kinglake (MA 13985.1-4).
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Sending him a sketch of the field at Alma by Captain Hamley of the Artillery, and remarking "I never thought the hills were so steep."
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