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

Manuscripts/MS Add.9587 contains:
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27	Letter to father, [Redoubt before] Balaklava
28	Letter to mother, [Redoubt before] Balaklava
29	Letter to father, in front of Sebastopol
30	Letter to father, [Camp] before Sebastopol
31	Letter to father, [Guards' Camp], Balaklava
32	Letter to mother, [Guards' Camp], Balaklava
33	Letter to father, Balaklava
34	Letter to father, [Camp] before Sebastopol
35	Letter to mother, before Sebastopol
36	Letter to father, [Camp before] Sebastopol
37	Letter to father, [Camp before] Sebastopol
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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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