This month’s object of the month is a letter our archivist recently came across. The letter is from a man called John MacDonald, addressed to S. H. P. Pell, Esq. John MacDonald’s father, a former Black Watch man, while serving with the 91st Argyllshire Highlanders was present at the removal of Napoleon Bonaparte’s remains from St Helena to France. In this letter to Pell, MacDonald relates a very entertaining story of his father’s encounter with Napoleon’s ghost.

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