Letterpress copybooks.
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Books containing letterpress copies of letters. The copies are created through the process of pressing the original letter while still wet against a blank sheet of paper. The copy paper is usually very thin and will capture a mirror image of the original. Not to be confused with letter books in manuscript.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
circa 180 letters of General Sir Frederick Hamilton.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8218
Scope and Contents
Mostly written from the Crimea and including accounts of the battles of Balaclava, Inkerman, and the Alma.
Dates:
1847-1855.