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Container Reference (shelfmark) EAP971/5/2

11. EAP971/5/2/11

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP971/5/2/11
Title:
Scope & Content:
Includes: (1) typed copies of, "Alexander Johnston - Third Chief of Ceylon"; (2) 1978 letter from Seven Gables bookshop in New York to Dr. James T. Rutnam; notes taken by Rutnam. Size and dimensions of original material: 1 file of 56 pages.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1978
Extent:
60 Tiff images

12. EAP971/5/2/12

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP971/5/2/12
Title:
Alexander Johnstone Papers
Scope & Content:
Includes (1) "Appointment by the Duke and Duchess of Somerset of New Trustees under their Grace's Marriage Settlement" [unopened very fragile document]; (2) document relating a court case between members of the Johnston famly in 1892; (3) "Johnston vs. Campbell Johnston", copy of defendants affi...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1795-1892
Extent:
96 Tiff images

13. EAP971/5/2/13

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP971/5/2/13
Title:
Alexander Johnstone Papers
Scope & Content:
(1) 1808 letter from Alexander Johnston to English writer and philanthropist Hannah More (1745-1833) about Tamil and Sinhala translations/adaptations of St. Paul's life and of "the sacred dramas," for native audiences in Ceylon. Johnston notes that his depth of experience in Ceylon makes him cer...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1798-1965
Extent:
566 Tiff images

14. EAP971/5/2/14

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP971/5/2/14
Title:
Alexander Johnstone Papers
Scope & Content:
Several typed copies of a letter written by Sir Alexander Johnston, detailing the measures he took during his tenure as Chief Justice of Ceylon; typed copies of letter by A.J. and other actors concering the former's desire to be given a Baronet; explanations as to why he did not receive a Barone...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1795?
Extent:
178 Tiff images

15. EAP971/5/2/15

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP971/5/2/15
Title:
Alexander Johnstone Papers
Scope & Content:
Photocopy of correspondance between English writer and philanthropist Hannah More (1745-1833) and Sir Alexander Johnston, 1818. Includes printed copy of a texts presented at the Theatre at Strawberry-Hill in November 1800 and a 1976 letter from W.S. Lewis of the Lewis Walpole Library addressed t...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1800-1976
Extent:
152 Tiff images

16. EAP971/5/2/16

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP971/5/2/16
Title:
Alexander Johnstone Papers
Scope & Content:
Typed copies of letters or reports written by Sir Alexander Johnston detailing the various groups living in Ceylon and the importance of trial by jury according to the differences between these groups, along with A.J.'s other measures as Chief Justice of Ceylon. Undated. Size and dimensions of ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1800-1999
Extent:
16 Tiff images

17. EAP971/5/2/17

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP971/5/2/17
Title:
Alexander Johnstone Papers
Scope & Content:
Typed documents relating to the promise made by the Prince Regent (?) of Britain to Sir Alexander Johnston vis-à-vis a baronet, and to the failure to deliver on that promise. Size and dimensions of original material: 1 file of 34 pages.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1813
Extent:
38 Tiff images

18. EAP971/5/2/18

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP971/5/2/18
Title:
Alexander Johnston Paper
Scope & Content:
Printed document entitled "Legend of the Heart of the Great Marquis of Montrose" written by Alexander Johnston to his daughters. James Graham, the Marquis of Montrose, a maternal ancestror of A.J., was a Scottish Royalist. After his imprisonment and death in 1650, the Marquis' family embalmed hi...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1954
Extent:
22 Tiff images

19. EAP971/5/2/19

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP971/5/2/19
Title:
Alexander Johnston Papers
Scope & Content:
Primarily materials related to Sir Alexander Johnston's investigation and legal battle over a property in Madurai, South India named Fort Defiance or Tamkam (an anglicization of the Tamil tamukkam). Includes: (1) 1830 letter to A.J. by W. MacLeod, providing background on Tamkam, A.J.'s family's ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1830-1906
Extent:
82 Tiff images

20. EAP971/5/2/20

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP971/5/2/20
Title:
Alexander Johnston Papers
Scope & Content:
Letter to Dr. James T. Rutnam from Sri Lankan architect Ismeth Raheem, including four documents: (1) View from Sir Alexander Johnston's Residence by Copley, (2) Days of old in Ceylon and Sir Alexander Johnston--from the MLR Vol.II p.92/93, (3) Transaction of the Royal Asiatic Society GB and IR f...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1983
Extent:
58 Tiff images