Year: 1838

As letters were charged according to the number of sheets, a larger sheet, in this case slightly smaller than foolscap, would accommodate more words at the same cost, and perhaps avoid a third coverage in red ink, which had clearly given rise to comments about illegibility. However, the temptation to use red ink proved irresistible. 

The Trinidad Artilleryman is Lieutenant Munday. 

‘Johnny ...     Read more

English has become preoccupied with speculations as to his next posting – will it be Canada, Plymouth, Ireland or where? 

Kismus or Kismas is Qeshm, an island in the Strait of Hormuz, Iran. Britain needed a naval base to combat the threat of pirates in the Arabian Sea, through which most of Britain’s Indian trade passed even before the Suez Canal was built. The choice fell not on Qeshm but ...     Read more