One of two pages of a manuscript letter to Maj William Stirling, Royal Artillery from his father, Charles Stirling at Muiravonside House, Scotland, 4 Mar 1866.
Possibly meant to be April.
From the Stirling family correspondence, comprising over 700 letters and envelopes, 1846 (c)-1881 (c).
Majority of the letters are to or from Col William Stirling, later Gen Sir William Stirling, Royal Artillery and Royal Horse Artillery.
Associated with 2nd Afghan War (1878-1880).

In 1876 he and his wife Anna and their youngest children travelled to India where Col Stirling was a commanding officer in the Koorum Field Force during the 2nd Afghan War of 1878-1880. Many of the letters have been sent between India and Britain, and internally in India between Col Stirling and his wife.