A letter containing “absolutely fascinating” details of life on the ill-fated Titanic cruise liner is expected to fetch around £35,000 ($47,000) at auction.
Written by a passenger named Henry Hodges, the letter is dated April 10, 1912 – the day RMS Titanic set sail – according to a listing at British auction house Henry Aldridge and Son.
In the letter, Hodges tells a friend, Hector, about what “a fine time” he has had on board.
“Up to now, you do not see anything of the movement of the ship, but the weather is very fine,” he writes.
“On the top deck there are…