Papers of T.R. Leighton, consisting of:
- Diary of journeys with his regiment between Chinsura and Cawnpore, and Delhi and Lucknow, 1829-34
- Letters and papers, 1832-42
Papers of T.R. Leighton
This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Reference
- GB 161 MSS. Eng. misc. c. 553, e. 703
- Dates of Creation
- 1829-42
- Language of Material
- English.
- Physical Description
- 2 shelfmarks
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Thomas Richard Leighton (d 1842) was captain in the 44th Regiment of Foot, in India.
Access Information
Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/specialcollections).
Acquisition Information
The papers were given to the Library by A.W. Pullan in 1959.
Note
Collection level description created by Emily Tarrant, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.
Other Finding Aids
M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 44217-18.