Mary Jane Seacole mb-code AAED004045 A crowded coach travelling between

A crowded coach travelling between Greenwich and Charing Cross

This sample was excavated in Schemnitz

France and Russia entered into a treaty both to defend Italy and to take the offensive against Austria

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Illustration from Parliament Past and Present by Arnold Wright and Philip Smith

Mary Jane Seacole mb-code AAED004045 A crowded coach travelling betweenMary Jane Seacole (1805 1881), was Jamaican born and of Scottish and Creole descent. Seacole set up what she called the 'British Hotel' behind the lines during the Crimean War, from where she provided support for wounded servicemen on the battlefield. She described the 'British Hotel' as a mess table and comfortable quarters for sick and convalescent officers. She was posthumously awarded the Jamaican Order of Merit in 1991 and in 2004 she was voted