Letters written by W.O. Story to his mother, with handwritten transcriptions.

Most of these letters were written aboard HMS COMUS at the following locations: Nagasaki, Ascension, Queenstown, Hong Kong, Yokohama, Sheerness. Several were written from HMS RALEIGH, HMS THALIA, HMS DRYAD, and HMS MOSQUITO. 3 letters were written from the College at Portsmouth Dockyard, and 1 from the Royal Terrace, Weymouth.

Record Details

Item reference: STY/1/3; D2005.031 D2005.031.1 DUP REG05/000554.1
Catalogue Section: Personal collections
Level: ITEM
Date made: 1878-1886
Creator: Story, William Oswald
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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