Fortress, Friends of St. Helena, 1881-2002

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(file 1) St. Helena as a Fortress, 1881-2001 (papers dated pre-1900 are copies), including:

'Report on the Defence of the Island after an Enemy may have landed with proposals to construct two Towers' by Colonel Phillips, [1881]
'Proceedings of a Committee...for the Purpose of Preparing a General Scheme for the Defence of the Colony', 1887
'Abstract of a Report on the Means of Access to the Interior of St. Helena from the Sea' by Lieutenant Turton, [1880s]
'The Royal Artillery in the Defence of Saint Helena: The St. Helena Services of RA Officers, 1815-1821, 1836-1900' by Hearl, Nov 1986
'South Atlantic Fortress: A History of Fortifications and Military units on the Island of St. Helena' by K. Denholm, [1987]
'St. Helena, South Atlantic Fortress' by K. Denholm, Fortress, 6, 1990, with a little related correspondence

(file 2) Friends of St. Helena, 1987-2002 (= closed).

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