拍品专文
Goldfrap has been serving with his regiment on St. Helena since March/April 1819 (see A. Chaplin A St. Helena Who's Who, 1919, p. 33). Napoleon had died on May 5, 1821.
细节
ST. HELENA -- A REPORT OF NAPOLEON'S DEATH
Three page autograph letter from Lt. James Goldfrap of the 20th Foot Regiment to Mr. Stewart in Wem, Shropshire, 4°, Island St. Helena, 24 July 1821, describing the secrecy surrounding Napoleon's ill health and the effect of his death on his personal staff, his lying-in-state, place of burial and type of coffin, his possessions, and the impending evacuation of the island.
Three page autograph letter from Lt. James Goldfrap of the 20th Foot Regiment to Mr. Stewart in Wem, Shropshire, 4°, Island St. Helena, 24 July 1821, describing the secrecy surrounding Napoleon's ill health and the effect of his death on his personal staff, his lying-in-state, place of burial and type of coffin, his possessions, and the impending evacuation of the island.