• Richard Hanmer Bunbury letters to his father 1827-1839

Collections:

• Digitized Manuscripts
• Ancient and Modern Greek Collections at PUL
• Hellenica

Author:

• Bunbury, Richard Hanmer, 1813-1857

Date:

• 1827-1839.

Language:

• English

Subject:

• Bunbury, Henry Edward, Sir, 1778-1860
• Asia (Ship).
• Dido (Ship).
• Great Britain. Royal Navy
• Princess Charlotte (Ship).
• Thunderer (Ship).
• Naval battles—Mediterranean Sea—19th century
• Navarino, Battle of, Pylos, Greece, 1827
• Great Britain
• Greece
• Turkey
• Letters

View in catalog:

• https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/998433583506421

Creator:

• Bunbury, Richard Hanmer, 1813-1857

Call number:

• C0707

Extent:

• 0.25 cubic feet, 1 box

Format:

• Manuscript

Title sort:

• Richard Hanmer Bunbury letters to his father 1827-1839.

Created:

• 1827-01-01T00:00:00Z/1839-12-31T23:59:59Z

Location:

• MSS C0707

Identifier:

• ark:/88435/tt44px174

Edm rights:

• No Known Copyright

Type:

• Letters

Available online:

• arks.princeton.edu

Abstract:

• Richard Hanmer Bunbury was a captain in the British Royal Navy and spent sixteen years in Australia. His father was Lt. General Sir Henry Bunbury. The collection contains 45 letters Richard Hanmer Bunbury wrote to Sir Henry Bunbury from 1827 to 1839. The letters contain accounts of naval life and duties, as well as some battles. The collection also includes a letter to one of Richard’s brothers, five of his friends, a letter of commendation, his marriage certificate, and a certificate awarded for the rescue of a man who fell overboard.