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Auction: 18038 - Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History
Lot: 3137

Autographs
Siege of Sebastopol
1854 (28 December) envelope and letter from Rev. James Doyle to Surrey; the envelope is stampless and bears handstruck "3" with two London backstamps (15.1).

Writing in the midst of the Crimean War, Doyle confides in Mr. Kirwan a picture of the conditions in camp. He notes, "... there is little fear of the Russians leaving Sebastopol again to attack us ... Mind you - our men stood their ground, and fought perhaps as no troops in the world ...". Doyle also reveals that "I forget my own little sufferings when I see those poor fellows wasting away". Doyle's condition unfortunately worsened until he died of disease the following year. Photo



Rev James Doyle was a Chaplain, he died of disease in Kingstown 28th July 1855

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