O'MEARA, Barry Edward (1786-1836), Napoleon's physician at S - Lot 125

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O'MEARA, Barry Edward (1786-1836), Napoleon's physician at S - Lot 125
O'MEARA, Barry Edward (1786-1836), Napoleon's physician at St. Helena. L.A.S. addressed to his sister Charlotte Deane. [London] Montagu Square, [1823, according to the postmark]. 3 pp. 1/2 in-4. Address on verso of second leaf. In English. Small paper losses due to breakage of the postmark with damage to the text. Long letter in which O'Meara evokes his sick mother and the financial problems of a common friend, Armstrong: " [...] I think that tou have acted with sound discretion in removing our poor mother from the rock for the reasons which you have been mentioned, especially in the reason of the year being unusually severe, no benefit could arrive from her continuance in the country at least [...] ". Transcript attached.
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