• 30 November 1853 West Kilbride (Nicol's father writes)
• 1 May 1854 Dublin
• 1 May 1854 Dublin (again)
• 2 May 1854 Dublin (to his father, requesting money)
• 30 May 1854 Dublin
• 1 June 1854 Dublin
• 12 October 1854 Edinburgh (Nicol's father writes of the battle of the Alma)
• "snow is three feet deep" - 15 January 1855 before Sebastopol
• 16 March 1855 before Sebastopol
• 7 April 1855 before Sebastopol
• "weather is delightful" - 4 May 1855 before Sebastopol
• 6 August 1855 before Sebastopol
• 10 September 1855 - after the Redan (short note)
• 14 September 1855 - after the Redan (longer letter)
• 14 November 1856 Aldershot - cigars and Crimean War medal
• 27 November 1856 Aldershot - religious comments to Miss Whitelaw
• 5 January 1857 Aldershot - New Year greetings
• 14 March 1857 Portsmouth - letter to his sister in India "I rejoice at the prospect of seeing active service again"
• 23 March 1857 Portsmouth - off to China?
• 8 April 1857 Portsmouth - troopship to China (Opium War...)
• 5 December 1857 Nicol's father gives details of Nicol's death
• How some of the letters were kept

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