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

Manuscripts/MS Add.9587 contains:
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17	Letter to mother, [Redoubt before] Balaklava
18	Letter to father, [Camp, redoubt before] Balaklava
19	Letter to mother, [Redoubt before] Balaklava
20	Letter to father, [Redoubt before] Balaklava
21	Letter to father, [Redoubt before] Balaklava
22	Letter to mother, [Camp, redoubt before] Balaklava
23	Letter to father, [Redoubt before] Balaklava
24	Letter to mother, [Camp, redoubt before] Balaklava
25	Letter to father, [Camp, redoubt before] Balaklava
26	Letter to mother, [Redoubt before] Balaklava
27	Letter to father, [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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