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EAP835/5/1/1
- Record Id:
- 040-003459976
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003459974
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100085162199.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP835/5/1/1
- Title:
- Alexander Johnston Papers File 19
- Scope & Content:
- File of manuscript letters relating to Alexander Johnston (1775-1849) and his descendants, arranged by Sri Lankan historian and businessman James T. Rutnam, including letters ranging in dates from 1789 to 1915. The file contains letters between the French Foreign Legion and D.C. Johnston (?-?), a letter to Alexander Johnston of 1809[?] related to irrigation water tank issues in Ceylon's Northern and Eastern Provinces, letters by Lady Johnston (?-?) regarding events occuring in the 1770s, '80s, and '90s, an 1851 letter by Scottish firm Lockhart, Morton, Whitehead & Greig to an unknown addressee regarding a Johnston ancestor in 1701, and a letter of completion from South-Western Polytechnic Institute attesting to D.C. Johnston's completion of a four week course in engineering in 1915. Other persons named or referenced: Ceylon Governor Sir Thomas Maitland (1760-1824), William Campbell Houston (?-?), Sir Archibald Campbell Johnston (?-?).
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Jaffna Protestant digital archive project
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003459974
036-003459975
040-003459976 - Is part of:
- EAP835/5 : Evelyn Rutnam Institute Collection
EAP835/5/1 : Alexander Johnston Papers
EAP835/5/1/1 : Alexander Johnston Papers File 19 - Hierarchy:
- 032-003459974[0001]/036-003459975[0001]/040-003459976
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP835/5
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 70 TIFF files
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP835-5-1-1
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
Tamil - Scripts:
- Latin
Tamil - Start Date:
- 1789
- End Date:
- 1815
- Date Range:
- 1789-1815
- Era:
- CE
- Latitude (Decimal):
- 9.66183
- Longitude (Decimal):
- 80.02558
- Latitude (Degree):
- N 9°39’43”
- Longitude (Degree):
- E 80°1’32”
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- For research purposes only
- Former External References:
- Folder 19
- Information About Copies:
- Evelyn Rutnam Institute for Inter-Cultural Studies, Jaffna Diocese of the Church of South India, Noolaham Foundation, British Library
- Information About Originals:
- Evelyn Rutnam Institute for Inter-Cultural Studies
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)