British Foreign Policy 1815-65

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Captain WP Richards' Letters from the Crimea: index

I am grateful to Cynthia Dyer-Bennet for permission to reproduce these letters from her grandfather's transcripts. The spelling and grammar are exactly in the original letters.

Brief biography of William Powell Richards
Letter 1: to his mother - at sea off Odessa; 9 September 1854.
Letter 2: to his Aunt Robe - Balaklava near Sebastopol; 30 September 1854.
Letter 3: to his mother - outside Sebastopol; 7 October 1854.
Letter 4: to his mother - outside Sebastopol, 22 October 1854.
Letter 5: to his mother - outside Sebastopol; 7 November 1854.
Letter 6: to his aunt - outside Sebastopol; 13 November 1854.
Letter 7: to his sister, Carrie - before Sebastopol; 28 November 1854.
Letter 8: to his sister Isabella - still before Sebastopol; 12 December 1854.
Letter 9: to his Aunt and all at home - Camp Sebastopol 1 January 1855.
Letter 10: to his sister, Carrie - Camp Sebastopol, 12 January 1855.
Letter 11: to his mother - Camp Sebastopol, 17 January 1855.
Letter 12: to his mother - Camp Sebastopol, 29 January 1855.
Letter 13: to his aunt - Camp Sebastopol, 4 February 1855.
Letter 14: to his sister Selenah - Camp Sebastopol, 4 February 1855.
Letter 15: to his mother - Camp Sebastopol; 12 February 1855.
Letter 16: to his sister Elizabeth (Eliza); 23 February 1855.