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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 88900 Language English Name Arbuthnot, William, 1st Baronet, Lord Provost of Edinburgh, 1766-1829

1. Add MS 88900/1/6

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Title:
Ceylon
Scope & Content:
Includes documents relating to negotiations to end the Kandyan war, and correspondence about the end of North's governorship, the appointment of his successor Sir Thomas Maitland, and his journey back to England. George Arbuthnot Robert Arbuthnot William Arbuthnot George Atkinson Anthony Bertola...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1805-1808
Extent:
1 volume

2. Add MS 88900/1/69

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Title:
Adams-Burgoyne
Scope & Content:
Includes letters from T W Lancaster, Vicar of Banbury, about the inadequacy of his salary, North's tenants on his estate at Elsfield, the election of John Barnard as a burgess, and the Banbury National School Society. North writes to lawyer Henry Bateman discussing the terms of his will, 1825. T...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1810-1826
Extent:
1 volume

3. Add MS 88900/2/3

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Title:
M Arbuthnot-Bertolacci
Scope & Content:
Robert Arbuthnot, of the Ceylon Civil Service, writes to Lord Glenbervie about the Kandyan War, the death of Glenbervie's cousin Sylvester Gordon in Ceylon, and the deaths of many other Europeans from fever. To Lady Glenbervie he describes the Courts of Greater and Lesser Appeal. Lord Glenbervie...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1798-1807
Extent:
1 volume