Bound journal written by Edward Healey, May-July 1815
journal, journal
Accession Number
NAM.1984-09-98-1
Description
Bound journal written by Edward Healey, May-July 1815. Approx 100 pages. The author was the 14-year-old son of General Sir George Scovell's head groom. He accompanied them to Belgium from Canterbury on 20 May 1815 and was in Brussels from 4- 20 June when they left for Paris. He gives a vivid description of the scenes in the town during and after the Battle of Waterloo. He visited the battlefield on the way to Paris and the narrative ends early in July 1815. Associated with the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo (1815), 1815.
Events
Waterloo, Battle of, 1815 (Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo 1815)
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