Janus: Christopher E. Blackett: Letters to his parents from the Crimea

Manuscripts/MS Add.9587 contains:
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7	Letter to mother, Varna
8	Letter to father, 'City of Carlisle' Transport, off Baltcheck, in Kavarna Bay
9	Letter to mother, 'City of Carlisle' Transport, off Baltcheck, in Kavarna Bay
10	Letter to father, Kalamita Bay
11	Letter to father, Alma, Crimea (envelope marked "Kit's account of the Battle of the Alma")
12	Letter to father, Steamship 'Hydaspes', Balbeck Bay, near Sebastopol
13	Letter to mother, encampment, Balaklava
14	Letter to father, encampment, Balaklava
15	Letter to father, encampment, Balaklava
16	Letter to father, [Redoubt before] Balaklava
17	Letter to mother, [Redoubt before] Balaklava
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Christopher E. Blackett: Letters to his parents from the Crimea

Title	Letter to father, Steamship 'Hydaspes', Balbeck Bay, near Sebastopol
Reference	MS Add.9587/12
Covering Dates	29 Sep. 1854–30 Sep. 1854

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Has been sent on board to recover from low fever and jaundice, the tents were not landed for several days, then had to be returned to the ships, as the pack horses had been left in Bulgaria, so the troops are suffering from exposure and insufficient food. Russians have retreated to Sebastopol, they seem very fine soldiers.

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