Letters from her son (John) Campbell Macnabb, 3rd Bengal Cavalry, containing descriptions of early impressions of India and outbreak of the Mutiny at Meerut; with copy of letter written the day he was murdered giving a detailed account of the ineffectiveness of Colonel Carmichael Smyth, 10 May 18...
Collection of pressed flowers, locks of hair of members of the Macnabb and Hastings families, verses and other miscellaneous notes. Dated as: c1820-c1886
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1820-c 1886
Extent:
2 boxes (129 melinex sheets with flowers, locks of hair and papers encapsulated)
Papers relating to slander against Lady Flora Elizabeth Hastings and her death
Scope & Content:
Includes pamphlets - The Court Doctor Dissected with Observations on the Statements of Ladies Portman and Tavistock by John Fisher Murray MD, London 1839, and The Lady Flora Hastings: A Brief Sketch by Charlotte Elizabeth, extracted from the Christian Lady's Magazine, Aug 1839.
Letters from her brother John Mcleod Campbell mostly concerning family and friends; induction at Row and his dismissal; many of his letters are taken up with sermonising and expressing his theological ideas; includes letter 1830 to Jane Mary (with unidentified) concerning the 'Row heresy Case'.
Letters from her son Donald Campbell Macnabb containing family news; his early impressions of India; his social life and work as Assistant Commissioner of Shahpur District; death of his father James Munro Macnabb; news of brother James and his wife in Sialkot; attempts to secure leave; lack of ca...
Letters from Lady Sophia Hastings (later Lady Bute); Lady Adelaide Murray (nee Hastings) and her husband Sir William Murray (on her death, 1860); Lady Selina Hastings (later Lady Henry); also letter from Victoria, Duchess of Kent to Lady Sophia, 1842. Dated as: 1819; 1829-62
A few letters from their son James Munro Macnabb while on walking tour in Switzerland; including landing at St Helena, description of Bonaparte and anecdotes, 1817.