Key Information
Reference code
HAMILTON, ISM 1/2/10
Title
Copy letters from Hamilton to his father and brother, 1884-1886, relating to service with the First Sudan Expedition
Date(s)
- 1884 Nov 29 - 1886 Sep 14 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 file, 7 letters
Scope and content
Photocopies of letters sent by Hamilton to his father Col Christian Vereker Monteith Hamilton and his brother Vereker Monteith Hamilton, relating to his progress up the River Nile with 1st Bn The Gordon Highlanders, First Sudan Expedition, 29 Nov 1884-6 Feb 1885. With manuscript letter from Vereker and his wife Lilian, regarding Hamilton's proposal of marriage to Jean Miller Muir, and Hamilton's Icarus (Vizetelly's one volume novels, Vol 18, 1886), 14 Sep 1886. 1 file, 7 letters