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Project / Collection Additional Manuscripts Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 44912-44913 C Name Duguid, Isobel Barclay, collector, d 1952

1. Add MS 44912

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 44912
Title:
Scope & Content:
(ff. 252). 28 Feb. 1853-30 Apr. 1861. Colonel Alexander John Fraser, CB: Correspondence and papers: 1853-1866. Voyages and Travels: Col. A. J. Fraser; papers rel. to S. Africa, Asia Minor and Syria: 1853-1865. Syria: Papers rel. to massacres of Christians at Damascus and Hasbeya, etc.: 1860-1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
28 Feb 1853-30 Apr 1861
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 44912-44913 C

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 44912-44913 C
Title:
PAPERS OF COL. ALEXANDER JOHN FRASER, C.B., relating to his career in the Orange River Sovereignty, where he was a member of the Executive Council from 1853 to 1855; the Crimean War, during which he was seconded to the Turkish forces in Erzurum; and in Syria, where from 1861 to 1862 he was the British member of the International Commission appointed to inquire into the massacres of 30 July 1860; 1853-1866
Scope & Content:
English, French, Italian and Arabic. Accounts of Fraser's life are 44912, ff. 2-6 (copied from a newspaper cutting, now 44913 C, f. 10) and 44913 A, f. 1. Correspondents include Sir George Cathcart, Governor-General at the Cape; Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Earl and (1888) 1st Mar...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1853-1866
Extent:
4 items