NAM.2009-02-32-1

Letter written by J Gadtie (?) off Sevastopol, 26 Jul 1854. The letter writer was probably serving on either of the Royal Navy ships HMS Fury or HMS Terrible, both of which undertook a close reconnaissance of Sevastopol on the morning of 26 July. The letter is written to a ‘Dear Friend’. Accompanying the letter is an almost complete handwritten transcript, 2005 (c). Associated with the Siege of Sevastopol, Crimean War (1854-1856).

Sevastopol, Siege of, 1854-55 (Crimean War 1854-1856)