WILLIAM HOWARD RUSSELL - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 6/16 - HFSID 285357
Price: $200.00
WILLIAM HOWARD RUSSELL
One-page ALS, arranging a meeting
Autograph Letter signed: "W. H. Russell", 1 page, 4½x7 folded, 8¾x7
open flat. Birkenhead (near Liverpool, England, 1862 June 16.
Docketed on verso. To "Dear Seymour", in full: "I shall be
in town a few days and if you let me know when and where you desire to see me
& the nature of the business if convenient - I'll do my best to keep the
appointment without fail. Yours truly". William Howard Russell
(1820-1907), an Irish reporter for the Times of London, was among the first war
correspondents, although he hated that term. Russell gained fame with his
coverage of the Crimean War (1854-1855), where his observations and
conversations with common soldiers gave readers at home their first realistic
glimpse of war's ugliness. (In particular, he called attention to the
poor quality of medical care.) He coined the phrase "the thin red
line" to describe British soldiers in combat. Russell also covered the
American Civil War and the Franco-Prussian War. He founded the Army and Navy
Gazette (1882), and was knighted in 1895. The addressee was William Digby
Seymour, a classmate of Russell's at Trinity College, Dublin, a lawyer,
judge, politician, and author of books on commerce. 2 vertical 2 horizontal fold
creases. Ink smeared at "S" in Seymour. Lightly toned creased. Mounting residue
at center fold crease on verso. Otherwise fine condition.
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