Letters written to family members

 
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Series 1
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Thirteen handwritten signed letters from Robert Horace Walpole, three letters addressed to his mother ten addressed to his father Commander Frederick Walpole, 1822-1876. R.H. Walpole was a midshipman on HMS Blanche HMS Pearl during a tour of duty for the suppression of the slave trade, in Australia, New Zealand the Pacific Islands, 1872-1874. His letters describe life on board ship on shore, his financial difficulties, his active service among the Pacific Islands including Fiji, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Marshall Islands New Hebrides In letters to his mother in 1872 Walpole describes a "... search of a notorious kidnapper and pirate named Captain Hayes" (William Henry "Bully" Hayes, 1829-1877

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Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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