{"id":222,"date":"2026-07-29T04:17:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T04:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikecaine.im\/?page_id=222"},"modified":"2026-08-02T11:10:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T11:10:16","slug":"wilby-rackham-letters-preface","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mikecaine.im\/index.php\/wilby-rackham-letters-preface\/","title":{"rendered":"Wilby Rackham Letters Preface"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"222\" class=\"elementor elementor-222\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-623c5e1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"623c5e1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-181948f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"181948f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Historical Biography \u2022 Military Heritage<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e944278 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e944278\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Wilby Rackham Letters\n <span> Preface<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54e9a68 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"54e9a68\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This collection chronicles the life, military service, and personal correspondence of Captain Wilby Rackham (1831\u20131868). Featuring letters written by Rackham and his contemporaries, together with genealogical research and historical notes, it offers a unique insight into his life, family, and the people who preserved his legacy through generations.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-886af6d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"886af6d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f33b870 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f33b870\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9f6dd6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d9f6dd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p align=\"center\"><strong>CAPTAIN\u00a0 WILBY\u00a0 RACKHAM<\/strong><\/p><p align=\"center\"><strong>1831\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 1868<\/strong><\/p><p align=\"center\"><strong>His\u00a0 Life\u00a0 and\u00a0 Letters<\/strong><\/p><p align=\"center\"><strong>LETTERS<\/strong><\/p><p align=\"center\"><strong>WRITTEN\u00a0 BY\u00a0 WILBY\u00a0 RACKHAM<\/strong><\/p><p align=\"center\"><strong>AND\u00a0 OTHERS<\/strong><\/p><p align=\"center\"><strong>assembled by Wilby\u2019s widow, Mary Billington<\/strong><\/p><p align=\"center\"><strong>Rackham, and which Annie Isabel (Nance) Caine<\/strong><\/p><p align=\"center\"><strong>transcribed in 1939 and which are now in the<\/strong><\/p><p align=\"center\"><strong>possession of Martin Faragher.<\/strong><\/p><p align=\"center\"><strong>TOGETHER\u00a0 WITH\u00a0 AN\u00a0 INTRODUCTION\u00a0 AND<\/strong><\/p><p align=\"center\"><strong>GENEALOGICAL\u00a0 AND\u00a0 OTHER\u00a0 NOTES\u00a0 BY<\/strong><\/p><p align=\"center\"><strong>JOHN\u00a0 WILBY\u00a0 CAINE<\/strong><\/p><p align=\"center\"><strong>1998<\/strong><\/p><p align=\"center\">Revisions\u00a0 and\u00a0 additions\u00a0 to\u00a0 January\u00a0\u00a0 2003<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Historical Biography \u2022 Military Heritage Wilby Rackham Letters Preface This collection chronicles the life, military service, and personal correspondence of Captain Wilby Rackham (1831\u20131868). 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