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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Mss Eur F171 Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. Mss Eur F171

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Mss Eur F171
Title:
Werge Thomas Collection: papers of Brig-Gen John Nicholson (1821-57), Bengal Army 1839-57, and other members of his family; of General Sir James Abbott (1807-96), Bengal Artillery 1823, Deputy Commissioner, Hazara 1847-53; of their biographer Evelyn Maude Werge Thomas (1891-1975); and of other members of the Thomas family, including Geoffrey David Ivor Thomas (1905-74), Indian Civil Service, Burma from 1930.
Scope & Content:
Evelyn Maude Werge Thomas (1891-1975), formerly Evelyn Kaye, stage designer and author, had been working since 1938 on two interconnected biographies. The first was a substantial biography of Brigadier-General John Nicholson (1821-1857), Bengal Army 1839-1857, who commanded the Punjab mobile col...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1746-1972
Extent:
155 items

2. Mss Eur F171/1

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Mss Eur F171/1
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Scope & Content:
Letters to Brig.-Gen. John Nicholson from his grandmother Mary Hogg, his mother and sisters
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1837-Jun 1857
Extent:
Unspecified

3. Mss Eur F171/1-8

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F171/1-8
Title:
Brig-Gen John Nicholson, Bengal Army 1839-57: family correspondence
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
Unspecified

4. Mss Eur F171/2

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Mss Eur F171/2
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Scope & Content:
Letters [originals and copies] from Brig.-Gen. John Nicholson to members of his family and others
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1842-Sep 1857
Extent:
Unspecified

5. Mss Eur F171/3

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Mss Eur F171/3
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Scope & Content:
Letters to Mary Nicholson (later Mary Maxwell) from her brothers James Weir Hogg Nicholson and Alexander Jaffray Nicholson and from her cousin Capt. Alexander Jaffray Nicholson (1844-66), Corps of Guides, 1865-66
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1838-May 1863
Extent:
Unspecified

6. Mss Eur F171/4

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Mss Eur F171/4
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Scope & Content:
Letters from William Nicholson to his mother and to his sister Mary Maxwell Dated as: [1830s]-Dec 1848
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1830s-Dec 1848
Extent:
Unspecified

7. Mss Eur F171/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F171/5
Title:
Scope & Content:
Letters to Charles Johnson Nicholson from Mary Maxwell and her husband Edward and from Sir Herbert Edwardes and John Lawrence
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1849-Jul 1859
Extent:
Unspecified

8. Mss Eur F171/6

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Mss Eur F171/6
Title:
Scope & Content:
Letters from Charles Johnson Nicholson and his wife Elizabeth to his mother and to Edward and Mary Maxwell
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1849-Oct 1862
Extent:
Unspecified

9. Mss Eur F171/7

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F171/7
Title:
Scope & Content:
Correspondence of the Rev. Edward Maxwell and his son Dr. Theodore Maxwell with L.J. Trotter and others concerning Brig.-Gen. Nicholson's biography
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1895-Jun 1909
Extent:
Unspecified

10. Mss Eur F171/8

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Mss Eur F171/8
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Scope & Content:
Other correspondence of the Nicholson and Maxwell families 14 May 1746; Apr 1818-Jan 1922 + nd
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1746-1922
Extent:
Unspecified