BIB_ID
453727
Accession number
MA 14585.2
Creator
May, Henry, 1832-1882, sender.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 18 x 11.4 cm
Notes
Written from: Steamship Golden Fleece / Southampton Docks.
Letter written by May to his mother, Emily May, while stationed aboard the Golden Fleece, a British merchant steamship that was launched in 1853 and transported soldiers during the Crimean War.
Letter written by May to his mother, Emily May, while stationed aboard the Golden Fleece, a British merchant steamship that was launched in 1853 and transported soldiers during the Crimean War.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Informing her of their planned course, stopping at Portsmouth and going on from there to Cork; mentioning a cat he has encountered on occasion and the delivery of his trunk; sending his love to his grandmother who has been recovering from a recent illness, and remarking that it is fortunate for Miss Louisa Oliphant that he is not home to tease her and undo her plans.
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