ALS signed “O. E. Snow,” one page both sides, 5.5 x 8.75, December 4, 1872. Letter to Gerald, in part: "Thank you for your letter I think perhaps it is rather a pity Synge lost the election, for I fear that Creyke will be lazy. Glad to hear of the other olive branch. I nearly had an accident in my house of the same nature Mrs. Morant wife of Capt. Morant of Cockatrice Gun boat only left me a day or two before the event which however was an unfortunate one. Do not talk to me of that wretched egg bound fowl, then her teeth sticking up quite prominent, the trenches are barely to be seen in some places. The north side is quite untouched. You will see perhaps an amount in that regular Royal Engineer Journal of my report in the works, etc…I hope that job…is indefinitely postponed…I hear that Chapman is more and more grieved by his wife & his imbecility more & more apparent. You ought to have had a berth long ago. They should a few even with stereotyped ideas be always in office." Snow’s correspondent is likely Lieutenant General Gerald Graham, who served in India, Gibraltar, Ireland, Canada, and in the “trenches” of Crimea. In fine condition.
