Anonymous letter from HMS BACCHANTE, Vancouver Island, addressed to "Dear Mother"

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Title
Anonymous letter from HMS BACCHANTE, Vancouver Island, addressed to "Dear Mother"
Reference
AGC/B/20
Collection
  • National Maritime Museum, UK: Letters (AGC)
Document Type
  • Correspondence
Date
3 May 1861
Description
Anonymous letter, dated from May 3rd 1861, from HMS BACCHANTE, Vancouver Island, addressed to "Dear Mother". The anonymous author, an ordinary sailor to judge by the level of literacy, requests his mother inform him of the amount of half pay she has drawn while he has been away, and also provides comments of Valparaiso and the Eskimo Indians he has encountered on his voyage.
Theme
  • Everyday Life at Sea