Lot 26
 

CRIMEAN WAR, ALS from private Thomas Arms of the 12th Royal Lancers, Scutari, January 17th 1856. Writing to his sister he asks for news from home and says 'you wished for some small token from Sebastopol but I had nothing but a Russian musket and bayonet and those I sold to one of our officers as I have no means of sending it to England...things are very dear 1lb of bread here is 1/6, meat we cannot buy for any price, we give 2 shillings for a bottle of porter or ale and we are only getting half allowance of rum to what we used to get, and there it is a great deal of gambling amongst the troops'.

Four sides, cross-written on final page, edge tears. With original evelope and stamps (envelope grubby)

Sold for £110


 
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