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Title:
Letter from Captain George Percival to his aunt, Mrs Charles Drummond, 1 December 1810
Object name(s):
letter
Brief description:
Letter from Captain George Percival to his aunt, Mrs Charles Drummond, 1 December 1810. In this short letter, sent from Cartaxo, Percival states there is little news to report as the two armies are now settled into their winter quarters. He describes the army’s food provisions as poor and daily desertions from the army. From a collection of 23 letters 1810-1814, written by Captain George Harvey Percival, Coldstream Guards.
Collection:
National Army Museum
Associated concept:
Archives
Current location:
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object name:
letter
Object number:
NAM. 1982-02-8-5
Right type:
National Army Museum Copyright

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/9e8af093-9205-351f-b23f-8d965506af76

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/9e8af093-9205-351f-b23f-8d965506af76, National Army Museum, CC BY-NC

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