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Mss Eur F631

Record Id:

032-001563443

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-001563443

MDARK:

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LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Mss Eur F631

Title:

Mutiny letters from Alexander Shakespear (1821-1884)

Scope & Content:

Letters from Alexander Shakespear (1821-1884), Magistrate and Collector at Bijnor, India, to his wife Catherine Mary Shakespear, relating to the Indian Mutiny.

1. Supporting information (9 ff): ff 1-3 private notes by Omar Pound. f 4 extract of email from Elizabeth Pound relating to biographical information on Alexander Shakespear. ff 5-9 photocopies of 5 letters with stamps.

2. Photocopies of supporting information (8 ff.): ff1-3 maps. f 4 Indian Mutiny Honours list. ff 5-8 A chronological table of events in India 1857-8.

3. 83 letters dated from 18 Dec 1854 to 12 June 1859 from Alexander Shakespear to his wife, known as "Kate" (in 8 folders), some with Half-Anna postage stamps:

3/1. 18 Dec 1854

3/2. 31 Aug 1857

3/3. 6 Sept 1857

3/4. 7 Sept 1857

3/5. 7-9 Sept 1857

3/6. 9 Sept 1857

3/7. 11 Sept 1857

3/8. 12 Sept 1857

3/9. 13 Sept 1857

3/10. 14 Sept 1857

3/11. 15 Sept 1857 (with stamp)

3/12. 16 Sept 1957 (with stamp)

3/13. 16 Sept 1857 (with stamp)

3/14. 17 Sept 1857 (with stamp)

3/15. 18 Sept 1857 (with stamp)

3/16. 19 Sept 1857 (with stamp)

3/17. 20 Sept 1857

3/18. 21 Sept 1857

3/19. 22 Sept 1857 (with stamp)

3/20. 23 Sept 1857

3/21. 24 Sept 1857

3/22. 25 Sept 1857

3/23. 26 Sept 1857 (stamped)

3/24. 27 Sept 1857 (stamped)

3/25. 28 Sept 1857 (stamped)

3/26. 29 Sept 1857

3/27. 29 Sept 1857

3/28. 30 Sept 1857

3/29. 1 Oct 1857

3/30. 2 Oct 1857

3/31. 3 Oct 1857

3/32. 4 Oct 1857 (stamped)

3/33. 5 Oct 1857 (stamped)

3/34. 6 Oct 1857

3/35. 7 Oct 1857 (stamped)

3/36. 8 Oct 1857

3/37. 9 Oct 1857

3/38. 10 Oct 1857 (stamped)

3/39. 11 Oct 1857

3/40. 12 Oct 1857

3/41. 13 Oct 1857

3/42. 14 oct 1857

3/43. 15 Oct 1857

3/44. 16 Oct 1857 (stamped)

3/45. 17 Oct 1857 (stamped)

3/46. 18 Oct 1857

3/47. 19 Oct 1857 (stamped)

3/48. 21 Oct 1857 (stamped)

3/49. 22 Oct 1857

3/50. 23 oct 1857

3/51. 24 Oct 1857 (stamped)

3/52. 25 Oct 1857 (stamped)

3/53. 26 Oct 1857

3/54. 31 Dec 1857

3/55. 2 Jan 1858

3/56. 3 Feb 1858

3/57. 11 Feb 1858

3/58. 14 Feb 1858

3/59. 21 Feb 1858

3/60. 27 Feb 1858 (printed stamp Half-Anna)

3/61. 4 Mar 1858 (printed stamp)

3/62. 11 Mar 1858 (printed stamp)

3/63. 13 Mar 1858 (printed stamp)

3/64. 29 Mar 1858 (9 pp.)

3/65. 13 Apr 1858 (6 pp.)

3/66. 7 May 1858 (12 pp.)

3/67. 26 May 1858 (6 pp.)

3/68. 8 June 1858 (8 pp.)

3/69. 22 June 1858 (6 pp.)

3/70. 25 June 1858)

3/71. 8 July 1858

3/72. 23 July 1858

3/73. 7 Aug 1858

3/74. 28 Aug 1858

3/75. 12 Sept 1858

3/76. 30 Sept 1858

3/77. 11 Oct 1858 (10 pp.)

3/78. 13 Feb 1859 (6 pp.)

3/79. 1 May 1859 (12 pp.)

3/80. 8 - 14 May 1859

3/81. 8-9 June 1859 (8 pp.)

3/82. 12 June 1859 (6 pp.)

2/83. 22-24 June 1859 (8 pp.)

Collection Area:

India Office Records and Private Papers

Project / Collection:

India Office Private Papers

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-001563443

Is part of:

not applicable

Hierarchy:

032-001563443

Container:

not applicable

Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

10 folders (17 ff of supporting material, 83 original letters).

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1854

End Date:

1859

Date Range:

1854-1859

Era:

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Source of Acquisition:

Bequeathed by Dr Omar Pound, presented to the Library by Oriana and Elizabeth Pound (nee Parkin), 18 Jan 2011.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Pound, Omar Shakespear, Persian and Arabic translator, writer and teacher, 1926-2010
Shakespear, Alexander, Magistrate and Collector at Bijnor, India, 1821-1884

Related Material:

IOR/L/PS/6/492, Coll 76/150. Mutiny papers relating to the North Western Provinces - weekly report on the Bijnor District for 10-16 May 1858 by the Magistrate and Collector [Alexander Shakespear]. May 1858-May 1859

Mss Eur A230 - diary of William Henry Irvine Shakespear on his journey across Central Arabia, 1914