NAM.2011-03-5-4

Letter from Ensign Gordon Hugh Davidson to his mother, Barque ‘Emily’, Madras, 13 Sep 1843. Describes the voyage from the Cape of Good Hope, his impressions of Madras, and his crossing the line ceremony at the court of King Neptune. From a collection of letters and papers of and relating to Lt Gordon Hugh Davidson, 1st Bengal European Light Infantry, 1841-1852. Lt Davidson was killed at the Battle of Sobraon, during the 1st Sikh War, 10 Feb 1846. Plus transcripts.