Letters of Robert Horace Walpole, 1870-1874. MS 9110

Description: The MS 9110 collection includes: 1. Thirteen handwritten signed letters from Robert Horace Walpole, three letters addressed to his mother & ten addressed to his father Commander Frederick Walpole, 1822-1876. R.H. Walpole was a midshipman on HMS Blanche & HMS Pearl during a tour of duty for the suppression of the slave trade, in Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific Islands, 1872-1874. His letters describe life on board ship & on shore, his financial difficulties, & his active service among the Pacific Islands including Fiji, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Marshall Islands & New Hebrides In letters to his mother in 1872 Walpole describes a "... search of a notorious kidnapper and pirate named Captain Hayes" (William Henry "Bully" Hayes, 1829-1877). 2. Fifteen business letters addressed to Frederick Walpole about his son's naval appointment, debts, bank drafts & clothing.

Holding Institution: National Library of Australia

Archive: National Library of Australia

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Letter from Robert Walpole to his father, 2 July 1873 (nla.obj-546010165)

written by Robert Horace Walpole, 5th Earl of Orford, 1854-1931, in Letters of Robert Horace Walpole, 1870-1874. MS 9110, of National Library of Australia (1873) , 4 page(s)

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Letter from Robert Walpole to his father, 3 December 1873 (nla.obj-546011012)

written by Robert Horace Walpole, 5th Earl of Orford, 1854-1931, in Letters of Robert Horace Walpole, 1870-1874. MS 9110, of National Library of Australia (1873) , 4 page(s)

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Letter from Robert Walpole to his father, 4 June 1873 (nla.obj-546009392)

written by Robert Horace Walpole, 5th Earl of Orford, 1854-1931, in Letters of Robert Horace Walpole, 1870-1874. MS 9110, of National Library of Australia (1873) , 8 page(s)

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Letter from Robert Walpole to his father, 8 May 1874 (nla.obj-546011364)

written by Robert Horace Walpole, 5th Earl of Orford, 1854-1931, in Letters of Robert Horace Walpole, 1870-1874. MS 9110, of National Library of Australia (1874) , 4 page(s)

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Letter from Robert Walpole to his father, 19 April 1872 (nla.obj-546004455)

written by Robert Horace Walpole, 5th Earl of Orford, 1854-1931, in Letters of Robert Horace Walpole, 1870-1874. MS 9110, of National Library of Australia (1872) , 2 page(s)

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Letter from Robert Walpole to his father, 25 July 1874 (nla.obj-546011549)

written by Robert Horace Walpole, 5th Earl of Orford, 1854-1931, in Letters of Robert Horace Walpole, 1870-1874. MS 9110, of National Library of Australia (1874) , 7 page(s)

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Letter from Robert Walpole to his father, 26 January 1872 (nla.obj-546003664)

written by Robert Horace Walpole, 5th Earl of Orford, 1854-1931, in Letters of Robert Horace Walpole, 1870-1874. MS 9110, of National Library of Australia (1872) , 6 page(s)

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Letter from Robert Walpole to his father, 26 November 1872 (nla.obj-546007704)

written by Robert Horace Walpole, 5th Earl of Orford, 1854-1931, in Letters of Robert Horace Walpole, 1870-1874. MS 9110, of National Library of Australia (1872) , 4 page(s)

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Letter from Robert Walpole to his father, 29 August 1874 (nla.obj-546011683)

written by Robert Horace Walpole, 5th Earl of Orford, 1854-1931, in Letters of Robert Horace Walpole, 1870-1874. MS 9110, of National Library of Australia (1874) , 6 page(s)

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Letter from Robert Walpole to his father, 30 March 1873 (nla.obj-546008548)

written by Robert Horace Walpole, 5th Earl of Orford, 1854-1931, in Letters of Robert Horace Walpole, 1870-1874. MS 9110, of National Library of Australia (1873) , 4 page(s)

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