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Auction: 18038 - Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History
Lot: 3116

Autographs
India
Henry Byrne
1840-41 a small group of letters from Henry Byrne to his mother. The first letter dated (17 August) is from Chatham Barracks; the second dated (6 September) is also from Chatham Barracks announcing that he will be leaving on the Edinburgh for Bengal. The third letter dated (19 September) in "on board the Edinburgh 50 miles from Gravesend" where he writes, "We are now being towed by steamer ..."

The final letter with 1841 (March) datestamp is from India to Bath "Per Overland Mail" and is rated "2/8" and features a pen sketch of the soldiers barracks and commanding officers house in Chinsurah, Bengal next to the Hooghly River. This long letter gives his account of the place and the illustration is unusual on these letters. Photo

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Sold for
£120