Miscellaneous papers relating to Gerald Sidney Wilson
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School lists 1890-1891 and 1894-1895. Card case containing a portrait of G S Wilson in September 1895 and a lock of Ellinor Wilson's hair. Items collected by G S Wilson during his service in the Second World War. Two tickets for The Mall Stands at the coronation of King George VI & Queen Eliz...
Letters from Kenneth Wootton in Burma to his parents and brother John (known as Pip)
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Wootton numbered the letters K1 to K82, and there is an index of people and subjects. The letters begin with Wootton travelling to Burma in May 1947, thereafter they are addressed from Syriam, near Rangoon. The letters describe his work as a mechanical engineer for the Burmah Oil Company and life...
Letters from Kenneth Wootton in Burma to his parents and brother John (known as Pip)
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Wootton numbered the letters K83 to K139. There is an index of people and subjects, and a list of all the letters (K1-K139) with a summary of their contents. The letters begin with Wootton working as an engineer for the Burmah Oil Company at Syriam, near Rangoon, and end with his return journey t...
The album contains 98 photographs, one Christmas card and two strips of negatives. The photographs show Wootton and his colleagues, local people and places at Syriam in Burma.
Letter Book of the Resident at Benares containing copies of letters sent by the Resident to the Governor General and Council, from 1 September 1775 to 5 January 1786. It contains not only letters issued by Francis Fowke as Resident, but also those issued by his successors, Thomas Graham in 177...
Statistical Tables of the District or Zilla of Dinajpur
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Duplicates of the tables given in Mss Eur D73, plus an 'Appendix to the 2nd Book [Book II, Mss Eur D71] Estimate of the expense of a Hindu family', which is printed in full in the Calcutta edition, pp. 115-131.
Statistical Tables of the District or Zila of Ronggopur [Rangpur]
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Contains 40 tables, plus the following additional matter: A list of specimens of woods sent from Goyalpara to Calcutta by Francis Buchanan, arranged with the known woods they most resemble, with a comparative statement of their weight, strength etc., and other remarks. Estimate of the expenses ...