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Typescript trancript of three letters written by Jean Charles Houzeau to his family describing his sea passage from Liverpool to Orleans lasting 46 days.

Typescript trancript of three letters written by Jean Charles Houzeau to his parents, wife and younger brother 30 Oct, 31 Oct and November 1857, describing his sea passage from Liverpool to Orleans lasting 46 days.

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ID:	TRN/56
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	1857-01-30 - 1857-12-31; 1857-1857
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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