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Letter from seaman William Friend to his parents about his visit to Naples.

Letter from seaman William Friend to his parents, describing the eruption of Mount Vesuvius as a burning mountain, March 1861. On the reverse, a watercolour of the HMS JAMES WATT.

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ID:	AGC/F/16
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Friend, William
Date made:	1861
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	folder
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