Manuscript letter, dated Portsmouth, 16 Dec 1814.
Sent by Lt William Henry Hare, 51st (2nd Yorkshire, West Riding) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) to his wife Mary.
Letter is mostly personal and relating to regimental matters. Note: bidirectional text and therefore difficult to read. 
From a collection of manuscripts letters with transcripts of Maj William Henry Hare, 51st (2nd Yorkshire, West Riding) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry), 1813-1853.
Associated with the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815), and Peninsular War (1808-1814).

Letter from Lieutenant William Henry Hare, 51st (2nd Yorkshire, West Riding) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) to his wife, Mary, from Blandford, 16 December 1814