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Baghdad

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

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From P.J. Chester J. Laidlaw, Baghdad, 11 Apr. 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/P/110
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On leave; a 'beer garden' in his hotel; high prices in Baghdad; is going back with 'a truck full of stuff'; Seawright from Bangalore is in the same hotel

Dates: 11 Apr. 1918
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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From P.J. Chester J. Laidlaw, Baghdad, 8 July 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/P/128
Scope and Contents

Is legal adviser to the court in a court martial; price of carpets has increased; effectiveness of the Mesopotamian Commission; the terms of the peace

Dates: 8 July 1919
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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From P.J. Chester J. Laidlaw, Baghdad, 19 July 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/P/129
Scope and Contents

The court martial is constantly adjourned; an itinerant pianist; problems of the Marlowe Dramatic Society; Dent and the British Drama League

Dates: 19 July 1919
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).