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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rhiwfield, post: 228696, member: 924&quot;]The best lots we bought were ephemera. Letters from Lords, Ladies, Bishops, Kings, Politicians etc. And more recent signed photos of presidents and heads of state.</p><p><br /></p><p>This 1858 letter was written by Temple Godman of the 5th Dragoon Guards. Godman took part in the charge of the heavy brigade in the Crimean War. </p><p><br /></p><p>His letters home from Crimea have been published &quot;<font size="4">A Cavalryman in the Crimea: The Letters of Temple Godman, 5th Dragoon Guards&quot; but I never expected to see an original.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">In this brief opening he mentions a squadron going to Sheffield, possibly to avert further Chartist revolts in the autumn of 1858.</font></p><p><font size="4"><img src="http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i31/rhiwfield/004_zpsvs54pmap.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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