C. P. Heaslop Letters to His Wife, 1870-1880

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Collection Overview

Creator:

Heaslop, C. P.

Title:

C. P. Heaslop Letters to His Wife

Repository:

Manuscripts Division

Permanent URL:

http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/8s45q8832

Dates:

1870-1880

Size:

1 box and 0.4 linear feet

Storage Note:

ReCAP (scarcpxm): Box 1

Language:

English

Abstract: Consists of 150 letters (1870-1880) by Major C. P. Heaslop to his wife describing his service in the Royal Marine Artillery while stationed primarily in the Mediterranean.

Collection Description & Creator Information

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of 150 letters (1870-1880) by Major C. P. Heaslop to his wife describing his service in the Royal Marine Artillery while stationed primarily in the Mediterranean. Letters from the HMS Resistance are posted from Plymouth, Devonport, Gibraltar, and Lisbon, while those from the HMS Achilles are mainly from the Sea of Marmara, Malta, Constantinople, and various Greek islands.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Collection Creator Biography:

Heaslop, C. P.

C. P. Heaslop served as a major in the Royal Marine Artillery and, while on the HMS Achilles, was part of the British fleet which was sent to Turkey to deter the Russian threat to Constantinople.

Collection History

Acquisition:: Purchased from Julian Browning Rare Books (AM1992-117).
Appraisal: No appraisal information is available.
Processing Information: Folder Inventory added by Hilde Creager (2015) in 2012.

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