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George Nicholls, letters received

Archive Collection: MS 1349

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Type of record: Archive

Title: George Nicholls, letters received

Level: Collection

Classmark: MS 1349

Creator(s): Nicholls, Sir George (1781-1865)()

Date(s): c.1815-1821

Language: English

Size and medium: 1 box, manuscript.

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/7013

Description

Comprises many manuscript letters written between 1815 and 1821 to Captain George Nicholls on St Helena while he was guarding Napoléon Bonaparte, with one dated much later in 1880.

Biography or history

Captain George Nicholls (1781-1865) was Officer of the Guard on St Helena during part of Napoléon Bonaparte's detention on the island.

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