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Letters of the Andersons of Selkirk (with reference to Mungo Park's final trip to Africa)

ByTim C D'Arcy Anderson

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Mungo Park's family was closely linked by marriage to the Andersons and this collection of letters covers the period before, during and after Mungo's last trip to Africa with Alexander Anderson where they both died. The first collection of letters are largely from Alexander, John and Andrew Anderson. John is surgeon aboard HMS Romney; his letters have much about Alexander, who went on the ill-fated trip with Mungo, as well as life as a Naval Surgeon during the Napoleonic Wars. Andrew’s letters recount the life of an Army Hospital Mate in the early 1800s. There are first-hand accounts of the Siege of Flushing, Walcheren, the siege of Burgos and Salamanca. The second collection are from Andrew Anderson's first wife, Anne Cairns,from Ireland in 1818, and Jamaica when Andrew was Surgeon to the 92nd Highlanders. She describes the terrible impact of yellow fever on the regiment, soldiers and families alike, before she too succumbs from the disease.

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Publication Date
Dec 31, 2012
Language
English
Category
History
Copyright
All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
Contributors
By (author): Tim C D'Arcy Anderson

Specifications

Pages
127
Binding
Perfect Bound
Interior Color
Color
Dimensions
A4 (8.27 x 11.69 in / 210 x 297 mm)

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