The volume contains diary entries and other notes written by William Edward Rawlinson, an officer in the Indian Army serving in Oudh [the region also known as Awadh, whose capital was Lucknow, now part of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh]. Many pages are written cross-wise. Inside the back cover are biographical notes, which indicate that Rawlinson was born c.1807-8 and educated at Charterhouse School. He served as midshipman in the West Indian station in 1823, and went out to India in 1826.
Diary of William Edward Rawlinson
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- ReferenceGB 133 Eng MS 970
- Dates of CreationJuly 1827-February 1834
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- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description182 x 110 mm. 1 volume (84 folios); Binding: half-bound in morocco, marbled paper-covered boards.
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The manuscript is available for consultation by any accredited reader.
Acquisition Information
Donated to the John Rylands Library by Francis Buckley esq., MA, BCL, JP, in September 1945.
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Description compiled by Jo Humpleby, project archivist.
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Catalogued in the Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, 1937-1951 (English MS 970).