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EAP971/5/2/44
- Record Id:
- 040-004067189
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004067140
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100139555856.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP971/5/2/44
- Title:
- Alexander Johnston Paper
- Scope & Content:
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Typed copy of letter written by E.A. Dharmaratne in 1892 to Captain F.E. Johnston of the Royal Navy. Dharmaratne was the son of a Ceylonese man brought to England by Sir Alexander Johnston in 1818 and educated by Dr. Adam Clarke. When he returned to Ceylon, Alexander Dharmaratne became Chief Headman (Moodliar) to three important disticts on the island and remained highly attached to A.J., who was his godfather. In this letter, his son E.A. Dharmaratne notes that his father instructed him to find A.J.'s descendants and make contact with them. There is a famous engraving of Dr. Adam Clarke with Alexander Dharmaratne and the other Sinhala man that was taken to England by A.J..
Size and dimensions of original material: 1 file of 28 pages.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004067140
036-004067145
040-004067189 - Is part of:
- EAP971/5 : Evelyn Rutnam Institute
EAP971/5/2 : Alexander Johnston Papers
EAP971/5/2/44 : Alexander Johnston Paper - Hierarchy:
- 032-004067140[0002]/036-004067145[0043]/040-004067189
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP971/5
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 32 Tiff images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP971-5-2-44
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1892
- End Date:
- 1892
- Date Range:
- 1892
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Access is for research purposes only. CC BY-NC.
- Former External References:
- Folder 81
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)