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Papers of Mrs Jemmima Allan, 1879 - 1884

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0013/1/ALLAN

Scope and Contents

Extracts from letters written by his mother Jemmima Aimee Allan, wife of Alexander Allan, to her sisters in Edinburgh, from India, 1879-84. 153 pp. Xerox. Alexander Allan was proprietor of Glenmore & Pillor Coffee Estates, Coonoor, South India. The letters of Mrs. Allan describe the social life and domestic incidents of daily life in an English home in India at the time. There is nothing political nor relating to Indians at all. (Other families mentioned include the Shaw Stewarts and Cadells, whose papers are also in the Archive Collection.)

Dates

  • Creation: 1879 - 1884

Biographical / Historical

Wife of Alexander Allan (proprietor of Glenmore and Pillor Coffee Estates, Coonoor, South India).

Extent

1 archive box(es)

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Given by Lady Allan

Repository Details

Part of the University of Cambridge: Centre of South Asian Studies Repository

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