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Benin Expedition: press cuttings and various letters.

HSR/Z/2

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Collection	Archive
Gallery location	Not on display

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Description	Benin Expedition: press cuttings collected by Engineer Rear-Adm G.W. Baldwin; letter from Algernon B. Harcourt, Acting Vice-Consul, Bonny, to HM Consul General, Sapele, 5 Feb 1879; two letters to H. Golwey from local chiefs, 9 Feb 1897.
Date made	1897

Finding Reference	HSR/Z/2
Catalogue section	Manuscript documents acquired singly by the Museum
Creator
Credit	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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