Bound manuscript letterbook: 'Letter Book of the Provisional Battalion 11th December 1854'. 
Contains copies of letters and memos dated Balaklava 11 dec 1854 to 20 May 1856 and written by the Commandants there, Lt Cols F P Haines to 17 Jan 1855 and F P Harding from 18 Jan 1855. 
The battalion was disbanded 25 Dec 1854 and the work in the town done by regimental drafts. 
The correspondence relates to disorder amongst the troops, shipping of the sick and invalids back to England, and the sanitary condition of the town. 
Associated with the Crimean War (1854-1856).