FIRST CLASS VOLUNTEER WILLIAM ASHBY HMS INVINCIBLE MAIL TO H...

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£170 - £240

FIRST CLASS VOLUNTEER WILLIAM ASHBY HMS INVINCIBLE MAIL TO HIS FATHER: 1808-13 with 1808 EL HMS Invincible at the Nore to London "..we are going to cruise off Ferrol. The Brest Fleet are out..."; Apr. 1810 EL Invincible now at Cadiz to London with PLYMOUTH / 218 hs Ashby now in a gunboat off Trocadero describing the blockade and the fighting that took place; Aug. 1810 EL Invincible off Toulon to London with red PLYMOUTH DK / 220 hs the letter discusses the preparation for the action at Cartagena and chasing the French Fleet to Toulon; 1813 EL Invincible at Salou Bay, Catalonia with SHIP LETTER / [crown] / PORTSMOUTH hs (Tab. S10) letter speculates on the implication of Napoleons defeat at Dresden plus 12 page original account by Ashby of the "Taking of Puello" (French fort on the Catalonia coast) probably from Ashby's Midshipman's Journal. Full transcripts of the letters and the Journal included. (5 items) Cross Reference: FRANCE, NAVAL MAIL