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GCPP Gamble 3/17

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Relics from site of site of Battle of Waterloo [see Journal passim], 1825-08-29

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Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCPP Gamble 3/17
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Parcels containing charcoal and cannon shot. The charcoal is double wrapped: the inner wrapping is a torn sheet of newspaper, the outer paper has a note in JCG’s hand: ‘Waterloo Hougoumot [sic] 29 August 1825’. The shot is wrapped in a single piece of paper with a note in JCG's hand 'Brought from La Belle Alliance, Monday 29 August 1825 Waterloo'.

Dates: 1825-08-29