A series of six letters from Thomas Burgess, Royal Marine, to his father Israel Burgess at Lancashire Hill, near Stockport, Cheshire

by Beagle, Thomas Burgess

A$125,000 · Offered by Hordern House

Various places: during the voyage of the Beagle and on earlier passages, 1831-1835. Six autograph letters and a seventh printed document completed in manuscript, various sizes. Housed in a custom made case. Telling a good story – sailing with Darwin on the Beagle

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