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Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Auction sale at Bullock's Museum, Piccadilly, of Napoleon Bonaparte's carriage and personal items captured at Waterloo, attracting a fashionable crowd. Items fetched high prices, including the carriage for 168l and a snuff box for 166l 19s 6d.
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Piccadilly
Event Date
A Few Days Since
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carriage sold for 168l; small opera glass for 5l 5s; tooth brush for 3l 13s 1d; black military stock for 17s; snuff box for 166l 19s 6d; old slippers for 1l; razor for 4l 4s; shaving brush and shirt for 6l; old gloves for 1l; pocket handkerchief for 1l 12s 6d; comb for 1l. many other articles fetched equally high prices.
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Sale by auction of the carriage and other things belonging to Napoleon Bonaparte, captured at Waterloo, took place at Bullock's Museum, Piccadilly, after exhibition. A numerous and most fashionable party were present.