Diary kept during the campaign in Afghanistan, 1878-79 / by William Simpson, 1878-79.

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Diary kept during the campaign in Afghanistan, 1878-79 / by William Simpson, 1878-79.

1 manuscript diary : ill., maps ; 16 cm.

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Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection

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Simpson, William, 1823-1899

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Artist and war correspondent for ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS. From the description of Letters, 1857-1872 and n.d. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 24778380 William Simpson was born and educated in Glasgow; he apprenticed as an architect, and later as a lithographer. He moved to London and worked for the lithographers Day & Son, travelling to Sebastopol to cover the Crimean War in pictures. He travelled extensively, visiting Russia, China, Afghanistan, India, an...