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Add MS 45726 B
- Record Id:
- 032-002018579
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002018579
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000037.0x000096
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 45726 B
- Title:
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ABYSSINIAN CAMPAIGN: Letters of Captain Tristram Charles Sawyer Speedy (formerly 81st Foot, and Vice-Consul at Massawa), Amharic Interpreter on the personal staff of Lt.-Gen. Sir Robert Cornelis Napier, G.C.S.I., K.C.B. (afterwards 1st Baron Napier of Magdala), addressed to George F. Wise of Sydney, Australia (uncle of the donor), during the British Expedition to Abyssinia; circ. 5 Feb 1868-3 May 1869. Autograph (ff. 7, 8, copies). On the expedition see T. J. Holland and H. Hozier, Record of the British Expedition to Abyssinia, 1870, and on Speedy's activities in the campaign see Sir H. M. Stanley, Coomassie and Magdala, 1874, pp. 277-455 passim and G. A. Henty, The March to Magdala, 1868, pp. 185-398 passim; on Speedy's life see J. M. Gullick, 'Capt. Speedy of Larut', Journal of the Malayan Branch, Royal Asiatic Society, xxvi, pt. 3, Nov. 1953. Paper; ff. 21. Folio. 1868-1869.
Presented by Edward Wise, Esq.
- Scope & Content:
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Army; England: Letters of Capt. T. C. S. Speedy during the British Expedition to Abyssinia: 1868.
Captain Tristam Charles Sawyer Speedy, Vice-Consul at Masawa: Letters to G. F. Wise: 1868-1869.
Ethiopia: Letters of Capt. T. C. S. Speedy to G. F. Wise written during the British Expedition: 1868.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002018579
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002018579
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1863
- End Date:
- 1873
- Date Range:
- c 5 Feb 1868-3 May 1869
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Custodial History:
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Edward Wise, of Bexhill-on-Sea: Presented: in 1941.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Army of England
Speedy, Tristam Charles Sawyer, Captain Vice-Consul at Masawa
Wise, Edward, of Bexhill-on-Sea - Places:
- Ethiopia, Africa