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Mss Eur F758/1
- Record Id:
- 040-004534588
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004251032
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100181356487.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F758/1
- Title:
- Papers of Colonel David Woodburn (1745-1804), Bengal Artillery
- Scope & Content:
-
The volume contains typescript copies of papers on the following (taken from the Table of Contents):
- Student at Glasgow University and trial by the Rector's Court in 1768.
- Letters from India, London and Florence 1771-1804, with preliminary note.
- Last illness and death on 25th July 1804.
- Will and correspondence about its execution.
- Papers as to Ann and Janet Gordon, and legacies from the latter to James and Archibald Woodburn, 1806-1812.
- Will of John Woodburn, 1812.
- Letter from David Woodburn to his step-mother, regarding James and Archibald, 1819.
- Announcement of the death of David Woodburn, 1821.
- Letter from Archibald Woodburn, 1827.
- Extracts from evidence in the Craigengillan succession case, 1806.
- Colonel Woodburn's account in verse of campaigns against Tipu Sultan, 1790-1792.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004251032
040-004534588 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur F758 : Woodburn Family Papers
Mss Eur F758/1 : Papers of Colonel David Woodburn (1745-1804), Bengal Artillery - Hierarchy:
- 032-004251032[0001]/040-004534588
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F758
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1771
- End Date:
- 1827
- Date Range:
- 1771-1827
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- The pages are typed on the recto side only and are numbered 1-210 (the first two pages are un-numbered).
- Former External References:
- Volume I, II & III
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)