letter, letter
Accession Number

NAM.2002-08-144-52

Description

Letter, 16 Oct 1794. Sent from Lt Gen Colin Campbell when a Lieutenant Colonel of the 44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot in London, to his wife Polly Campbell in Edinburgh. Letter tells her he is to go to Holland shortly with some Officers of the Guards and comforts her that the Continent will be better than the West Indies. Associated with Wars of the French Revolution, Netherlands (1793-1795). From a collection of papers and other items associated with Lt Gen Colin Campbell, Lt Governor of Gibraltar, 1750-1850 (c).

Campaigns

Wars of the French Revolution, Netherlands (1793-1795)