Country code |
GB |
Repository code |
234 |
Organisation |
NAS |
Repository |
National Records of Scotland |
Reference |
GD1/978 |
Title |
Copy Letters from Two Prisoners at Bangalore |
Dates |
16 Jul 1783 |
Access status |
Open |
Description |
Copy of two letters from Col. A[lexander] Maitland and William Rorison, Bangalore Prison, to Mr John Spalding at Madras, outlining briefly their capture by the French and conditions in the prison, and asking for money and for friends and relatives to be informed.
The copy bears the following footnote: 'The letter of which this is a copy was found among the papers of the late Adam Maitland of Dundrennan August 1843.' (Original now in the Scottish National War Museum, Edinburgh Castle)) |
Level |
Fonds |
Format |
Text |
Language |
English |
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