Correspondence and papers of Neil Benjamin Edmonstone (1765-1841)
Scope and Contents
Letters, mostly from Neil Edmondstone to family members, amnay from India. Also includes some other family correspondence, other papers and a copy of an autobiography of Sir Archibald Edmondstone.
Dates
- Creation: 1783-1817
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
1 archive box(es) (1 box paper) : paper
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection of correspondence and other papers was presented to Cambridge University Library in 1960 after the death of Dr J.A. Venn. Dr Venn had acquired the collection through his wife Susanna Carnegie Venn, née Edmonstone, cousin of Marmaduke Browne.
Subject
- East India Company (Organization)
- Venn, Henry, 1725-1797 (Church of England clergyman) (Person)
- Venn, John Archibald, 1883-1958 (historian and college head) (Person)
- Wellesley, Richard Colley, 1760-1842 (Marquess Wellesley, governor-general of Bengal) (Person)
- Tipu, 1750-1799 (Sultan of Mysore) (Person)
- Campbell, John, 1723-1806 (fifth duke of Argyll, soldier) (Person)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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