Accession Number

NAM.2003-11-49

Description

Inventory description: Manuscript letter, 1900 (c)-1930 (c); written by an unknown source from The Manor House Blechingley to Miss Hyacinth Wellesley; the letter was to accompany an embroidered purse and housewife utility pouch, informing her that they belonged to her great-great-uncle, Capt Newton Chambers, Aide-De-Camp to Sir Thomas Picton, both died at Waterloo; associated with the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleonic Wars (1815).