Papers relating to the Plague of Malta in 1813

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 MSS.Medit.s.18
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1813
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 1 file (6 ff., 1 volume)

Scope and Content

Papers concerning the Plague of Malta in 1813: memorandum, daily incidence of death and sickness etc.

Administrative / Biographical History

No relevant details are available.

Access Information

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Note

Collection level description created by Marion Lowman, Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies at Rhodes House.

Other Finding Aids

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Conditions Governing Use

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Custodial History

The papers were deposited with the Oxford Colonial Records Project by Stephen Howard Powles. The papers came into his possession through a member of his family who had worked in the East India Company and who was caught by the plague in Malta and acted as Secretary to the Medical Committee.