The Drake Letters 040
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39. Drake to Louisa 22 December 1854 ◄ ● ► 41. Drake to Louisa 29 December 1854
William Henry Drake (Balaklava) № 31 – Louisa Drake (London), 25 – 26 December 1854
| № 31 | Christmas Day 1 1854. 2 |
My dear Lu,
I hope if not a merry you have passed a quiet, happy & comfortable Xmas – we have a sharp frosty clear morning to cheer us We begin to look out for our promotion for the Year & I need not say how anxious I am about it Today a mail is due that of the 8 unless it was the letters by that we got two days ago if so another is due on the 27th. By my last I sent 2nd of Treasury Bill omitted before & 1st of Lieut. Venables 3 Bill for £30. I shall Send with this 2nd of Venables Bill & 1st of Bill Capt. W Moorsom R.N. 4 on Barclay, Bevan & Co. for £50. –
26th. I dined yesterday with Mr. Filder D.C.G. Adams & A.C.G. Archer 5 were the party. Routh 6 & Carpenter 7 invited but they entertained at home
We had a good dinner – Soup – Boiled Turkey – Roast Mutton, Queen’s own Pig – Pease pudding Potatoes – Plumb pudding Coffee Creams! Sherry Champagne Porter – I had several invitations from Captains of Ships & others & have provoker [sic] for some days to come
Just got so far when a civil note from Mr. Filder informing me that the mail days were now changed & that one closed today at 12. So I shall have to close this hastily. By letting you know I am quite well & will write more fully by the Mail three days hence
With love to all believe me
Your affectionate Hub
W. H. Drake
Footnotes
1. Private family manuscript (Judith Hall and Sally Mac, Auckland, New Zealand). ▲
2. Henry’s Journal entry for 25 December 1854 reads: “Christmas Day. Up at 7. I heartily wish all at home a happy, or at least comfortable, Xmas. White frost, & fine. Dined with Mr. Filder.” ▲
3. Lt. Cavendish Venables, 57th West Middlesex Regiment of Foot. ▲
4. Firebrand, 6, st.-vessel, Capt. W. Moorsom, 1851, Mediterranean. [“Stations of the Royal Navy in commission”, in Colburn’s united service magazine, Pt. 1, (London, 1855), p. 149.] ▲
5. ACG William Spearman Archer. ▲
7. ACG Frederick Stanley Carpenter. ▲
39. Drake to Louisa 22 December 1854 ◄ ● ► 41. Drake to Louisa 29 December 1854
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