BRACERS Record Detail for 123765

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Collection code
RA3
Recent acquisition no.
434
Box no.
6.55
Source if not BR
Halpern, Barbara
Recipient(s)
BR
Sender(s)
Russell, Alys
Date
1900/06/29
Form of letter
ALS(M)
Pieces
2
Notes and topics

"Admiral Beaumont will probably be left near Vancouver."

[See "Arethusa Going to China", New York Times, 8 July 1900, p. 2 ("Victoria, B.C., July 7.—This morning, when the second-class British cruiser Arethusa arrived at Esquimault [Esquimalt, B.C., Canada] from Vancouver, she was met by a telegram from Rear Admiral Beaumont, in command of the British squadron in the Pacific, asking the skipper how long it would take him to prepare for service in Chinese waters."]

Permission
Everyone
Record no.
123765
Record created
Jun 23, 2014
Record last modified
Jun 16, 2022
Created/last modified by
blackwk