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Mss Eur C240
- Record Id:
- 032-002265552
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002265552
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000063.0x00010d
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur C240
- Title:
- Lady Elizabeth Gwillim papers.
- Scope & Content:
- Letters from Elizabeth, Lady Gwillim (nee Symonds) (1763-1807), wife of Sir Henry Gwillim (d 1837), Puisne Judge, High Court Madras 1801-9, and her sister Mary Symonds, to their mother and sister (Mrs Hetty James); describing their life in Madras, the customs and religion of the local people, and events leading up to the Vellore Mutiny 1806.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002265552", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Mss Eur C240: Lady Elizabeth Gwillim papers." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002265552
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002265552
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 3 volumes
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1801
- End Date:
- 1809
- Date Range:
- 1801-1809
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliated: 382 folios
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased, 21 December 1971
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Notes:
- The letters were originally bound in four volumes. They were rebound into three volumes prior to being microfilmed in 1994 - see IOR NEG 31248 and IOR NEG 31249.
- Names:
- Bentinck, William Henry, army officer, diplomatist, and Governor-General of India, 1774-1839
Clive, Edward, 1st Earl of Powis, governor of Madras, 1754-1839
Gwillim, Elizabeth, née Symonds, painter and naturalist, 1763-1807
Gwillim, Henry, Subject of Mss Eur C240
Strange, Thomas Andrew Lumisden, KB, Indian jurist, 1756-1841
Sulivan, Benjamin
Symonds, Mary - Places:
- Madras, India