Well at Benares, 1908-01 - 1908-02
Scope and Contents
Well at Benares inside garden. My guide policeman said and insisted : 'this is well in which Warren Hastings hid himeself during the Mutiny. I have not yet found out what story he can have referred to and confused. In the garden within the wall were the quarters occupied in the autumn of 1781 by warren Hastings, First Governor General of Fort William in Bengal.' [? Fisher quoting inscription in garden].
Dates
- Creation: 1908-01 - 1908-02
Creator
- From the File: Fisher, Alfred Hugh, 1867 -1945 (artist and photographer) (Person)
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Language of Materials
English
General
GD.
Finding aid date
2002-08-16 10:01:34+00:00
Repository Details
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