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"Sindh Revisited is the remarkable story of the author's fascination with the early life of Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890). It is the story of an incredible journey, too - deep into the heart of British India, and the India and Sindh of today." "Christopher Ondaatje's Sindh Revisited is the extraordinarily sensitive account of the author's quest to uncover the secrets of the seven years Richard Burton spent in India in the army of the East India Company from 1842 to 1849. "If I wanted to fill the gap in my understanding of Richard Burton, I would have to do something that had never been done before: follow in his footsteps in India ..." The journey covered thousands of miles - trekking across deserts where ancient tribes meet modern civilization in the valley of the mighty Indus River." "What was it that Burton discovered in India? What was it that changed him from a rebellious, wayward youth into a man of courage, imagination, wisdom and personal power? Through this unique book and the journey it describes, we come nearer than ever before to understanding the mystery of Richard Burton and the devils that drove him."--Jacket.
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This collection contains the letters of Lincoln Clark, his wife, Julia Annah Clark, and their family, with the bulk of the collection consisting of Clark's letters to his wife. The correspondence was accumulated by Mrs. Clark and her side of the family the Smith and Williams families. Also included is a genealogical chart and a family history written in 1942 by Julia Lincoln Ray Andrews. Other correspondents besides family members include Rev. Joseph Howe (1747-1775); John H. Tice, a meteorologist from St. Louis (Mo.) Jane Currie Blaikie Hoge, Howard Crosby, William Anderson Scott, Alexander T. McGill, Le Roy Clark Cooley, Maria Mitchell, Harry Norman Gardiner, James Dwight Dana. Daniel Warren Poor, George Washington Cable, Mary Watson Whitney, Jonathan Baldwin Turner, Meta Lander (Margaret Oliver Woods Lawrence), Washington Gladden, Rutherford B. Hayes, Cordelia Agnes Greene, Charles Henry Oliphant, William E. Gladstone, Catherine Mary Phillimore, and others.Persons represented by five or more pieces: Mary Ann (Ball) Bickerdyke, 5 pieces Catharine Lincoln Clark, 31 pieces Julia Annah (Smith) Clark, 47 pieces Lincoln Clark, 368 pieces Isabel A. Pratt, 10 pieces Sarah C. (Smith) Robinson, 5 pieces Pandius Theodore Ralli, 9 pieces Erastus Smith, 10 pieces Sarah C. (Williams) Smith, 19 pieces William Williams, 9 pieces Lincoln Clarks' letters are written during his many absences riding the circuit in Alabama between 1837 and 1847; trips back east; their two-year separation between 1846 and 1848; his stay in Washington, D.C., in 1852-1853; and his business travels in the 1850s and 1860s. The letters discuss Lincoln Clark's professional and political career; Mrs. Clark's work at home and involvement in charities, their religious feelings, their children's upbringing and education, the fate of their slaves; financial troubles, especially in the wake of the 1857 panic, the Civil War, the U. S. Sanitary Commission, etc. Also included are five letters written between 1854 and 1861 by Frederick Clark and his wife Charlotte, Lincoln Clark's former slaves who immigrated to Liberia in 1856. Also included is correspondence of Julia Clark's parents and grandparents, her sisters Dorothy Williams Smith Holbrook, Rachel Bardwell Smith Holbrook, and Catharine Amelia Smith Jones, a cousin Caroline W. Porter, and her daughters. William Williams's letter written in 1758 to his then sweetheart Dorothy Ashley discusses the proper relationship of faith and reason; a long letter of February 1, 1800, describes, in great detail, the passage by the Massachusetts legislature of the Act Providing for Public Worship of God, which Williams had sponsored. The 1816 letter from a cousin, Sarah T. Williams Newton, wife of Edward Augustus Newton (1785-1862), from Calcutta discusses Christian missionaries in India and Indian society. The letters from Julia Annah Clark Ray describe her studies at Miss Porter's School in Farmington, Connecticut. The letter from Alfred Wright (July 4, 1825) discusses his work as a missionary to the Choctaw Nation. The correspondence of Caroline W. Porter includes letters from her friends and admirers, including Thomas R. Ingalls (1798-1864), the future president of Jefferson College and then (in 1816-1818), a West Point cadet, and Pandias Theodore Ralli (1819-1882) who later became a director of the firm Ralli Bros. Some notable items include: Clark, Lincoln. To Mrs. Clark: a gossipy letter from Washington, D. C. "I dined at Col. King's [William Rufus King] on Friday... it was a real state dinner - no ladies - I was never behind the curtain where great men relaxed before..." Jan. 26, 1852 Clark, Lincoln. To Mrs. Clark: "Iowa is not worth bargaining with, if she could be bargained with, because her political strength is so small..." Washington, June 6, 1852 Clark, Lincoln. To Mrs. Clark, regarding a visit to James Buchanan at Wheatland. Philadelphia, Feb. 10, 1857. Correspondence of Mrs. Lincoln Clark and her daughter Catharine, having to do with their war service on the U. S. Sanitary Commission, 1864-1865
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Bound scrapbook containing clippings and offprints of Esdaile's published writings, chiefly from The Architect, Burlington Magazine, and Country Life, as well as some articles by others. Includes: "Meditations Among the Tombs" (review of English Monumental Sculpture) (pp. 121-122 in Country Life, January 28, 1928) "Bubb" by Katharine A. Esdaile (pp. 33-44 in Art Work Spring 1929) "New Light on a Neglected Century of British Sculpture" by Katharine A. Esdaile (pp. 241-246 in Discovery, 1922) "The Limits of Architecture" (pp. 165-166 in The Architect, September 8, 1922) "Wilkes by Roubiliac: A Bust Given to the Corporation of London" (pp. 1041-1042 in The Illustrated London News, June 8, 1935) "New Light on Hubert Le Sueur" by Katharine A. Esdaile (pp. 177-184 in Burlington Magazine, 1934) "Royal Academy of Arts: Exhibition of 17th Century Art in Europe, January-March, 1938" (leaflet) "English Statuary at the Antwerp Exhibition" (pp. 653-654 in The Architect & Building News, May 23, 1930) "The Decline of the Mason-Architect in England" by Douglas Knoop and G.P. Jones (pp. 1-4 in Journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects, August 14, 1937) "Correspondence: References to Sculptors in Wren Society's Volume XI" (pp. 556-558 in Journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects, March 9, 1935) "Correspondence: Wren Society, Volume XI" (pp. 611-612 in Journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects, March 23, 1935) "The Story of Regent Street" by Charles G. Harper (pp. 64-66 in The Architect, January 23, 1925) "Caius Gabriel Cibber" [review] (pp. 331-332 in The Architect & Building News, September 17, 1926) "The Newark Papers" (typescript, Sept-Oct 1940) "Some Eighteenth Century Works on Architecture-II" by Mrs. Arundell Esdaile (pp. 567-570 in The Architect & Building News, November 12, 1926) "Harefield Church and its Monuments-II: a lecture delivered at Gerrards Cross on November 9, 1925, by Mrs. Esdaile" (pp. 403-404 in The Architect, December 4, 1925) "Harefield Church and its Monuments: a lecture delivered at Gerrards Cross on November 9, 1925, by Mrs. Esdaile" (pp. 385-388 in The Architect, November 27, 1925) "The Symbolism of Death in England-1440-1780" by Mrs. Arundell Esdaile (pp. 272-273 in The Architect, October 16, 1925) "Paintings at the Royal Academy by Philistine" (pp. 1-8 in The Architect & Building News, May 7, 1926) "Roubiliac (1695-1762)" (pp. 1079-1082 in The Saturday Review, November 23, 1918) "Why St. Paul's is Empty" (pp. 89-90 in The Architect, August 10, 1923) "Sir. John Vanbrugh: A Critical Note" by A. Trystan Edwards (pp. 253-262 in The Architect & Building News, March 26, 1926) "Lord Chesterfield on Chelsea China" by K.A. Esdaile (p. 458 in Country Life, September 20, 1924) "A Re-Discovered Portrait of Michelangelo at Goldsborough Hall" by Tancred Borenius (pp. 434-335 in Country Life, September 20, 1924) "Wentworth Woodhouse - I. Yorkshire. A Seat of Earl Fitzwilliam" by H. Avray Tipping (pp. 436-444 in Country Life, September 20, 1924) "Shorter Notices: Cousin to Pepys and Dryden : a note on the works of Mrs. Elizabeth Creed of Tichmarsh" by K.A. Esdaile (pp. 24-28 in the Burlington Magazine, 1940) "Garden Sculpture by Caius Cibber" by Lady Victoria Manners (pp. 382-383 in Country Life, September 27, 1930) pp. 149-150 of The Architect & Building News, May 11, 1934 "At the Theatre: A Light View of First Principles" (pp. 681-682 in Country Life, May 10, 1930) "The Howard Tombs at Framlingham" by Lady Victoria Manners (pp. 948-950 in Country Life, June 29, 1929) "The Universities of Oxford & Cambridge: The Radcliffe Observatory Oxford" (pp. 674-680 in Country Life, May 10, 1930) "The Universities of Oxford & Cambridge: II.- The Pepys Library" (pp. 300-308 in Country Life, March 3, 1928) "The Building of St. Paul's--II" by H. Avray Tipping (pp. 262-265 in Country Life, February 25, 1928) "The Universities of Oxford & Cambridge: Magdalene College, Cambridge --I" (pp. 266-276 in Country Life, February 25, 1928) "A Georgian Sculptor Discovered: II. Charles Stanley (1703-61) in Denmark" by Katharine A. Esdaile (pp. 608-611 in Country Life, December 11, 1937) "A Georgian Sculptor Discovered: I. Charles Stanley (1703-1761) and his English Colleagues" by Katharine A. Esdaile (pp. 348-354 in Country Life, October 2, 1937) "The Reverend William Hanbury of Church Langton, Gardener, Educationist, and Visionary" by Mrs. Arundell Esdaile (pp. 562-564 in Country Life, December 3, 1938) "The Musical Glasses" (pp. 606-607 in Country Life, June 11, 1938) "The Actual Face of King Charles I" (p. 991 in The Illustrated London News, "December 3, 1927) "The Recumbent Effigy in English Sculpture" by Katharine A. Esdaile (pp. 17-19 in an unidentified German-language periodical, December 1928) "The Albert Hall, 1871-1931" by Mrs. Esdaile (pp. 439-441 in The Architect & Building News, March 27, 1931) "Battles Royal: The Foreign Office: Some Great Architectural Controversies of the Past" by Mrs. Esdaile (pp. 45-47 in The Architect & Building News, January 13, 1933) "A Little-Known Sculptor" (pp. 276 in The Architect & Building News, February 26, 1932) "Battles Royal: The Foreign Office: Some Great Architectural Controversies of the Past" by Mrs. Esdaile (pp. 47-49 in The Architect & Building News, January 8, 1933) "The Prince of Wales Returns from Spain, 1623" by Mrs. Esdaile (pp. 222-224 in The Connoisseur, 1934) "A Note on the Portrait of Lady Hamilton…" (pp. 183-184 in The Connoisseur, 1929) "London Leaded Steeples. --III" by Lawrence Weaver (pp. 89-97 in the Burlington Magazine, undated) "Coade Stone" by Katharine Esdaile (pp. 112-114 in The Architect & Building News, January 26, 1940) "Coade Stone" by Katharine Esdaile (pp. 94-96 in The Architect & Building News, January 19, 1940) "Croome D'Abitot Church" by Mrs. Arundell Esdaile (pp. 387-392 in The Architect & Building News, June 29, 1934) "Country Notes" (pp. 349-350 in Country Life, March 16, 1929) "A New Portrait of Dr. Johnson" by Augustine Birrell (pp. 267-269 in the Burlington Magazine, undated) "Some Portraits in Relief Here Attributed to Christian Van Vianen" by K.A. Esdaile and "Recent Research" (pp. 22-34 in the Burlington Magazine, January 1940) "Bacon's George III, the River Thames at his feet, at Somerset House" by K.A. Esdaile (p. 168 in the Burlington Magazine, 1939) "A Seventeenth-Century Model of an English Monument" by Katharine A. Esdaile (pp. 195-202 in the Burlington Magazine, 1929) "A Recovered Masterpiece by Roubiliac" by Katharine A. Esdaile (p. 136-140 in the Burlington Magazine, 1925) "Notes on Various Works of Art" [includes "A Bust of Sir William Hamilton by Michael Foye (fl. 1764-77)" by Katharine A. Esdaile] (pp. 81-88 in the Burlington Magazine, undated) "Notes on Various Works of Art" [includes "Michael Foye" by Katharine A. Esdaile] (pp. 237-238 in the Burlington Magazine, 192-) "Some Eighteenth Century Literary Allusions to Chelsea China" by Mrs. Arundell Esdaile (pp. 4-20 in the Burlington Magazine, undated) "On Contorniates" by Katharine Esdaile (pp. 90-100 in the Burlington Magazine, 1909?) "The Early English School of Portraiture" by William A. Shaw (pp. 172-184 in the Burlington Magazine, October 1934) "A Statuette of William III at South Kensington" by Katharine A. Esdaile (pp. 123-124 in the Burlington Magazine, April 1940, with a corrected proof laid in) "Notes on Various Works of Art: Bernini, Rysbrack and Roubiliac" by Katharine A. Esdaile (pp. 93-98 in the Burlington Magazine, February 1924 with handwritten notes laid in) "Roubiliac and Rysbrack" by Katharine A. Esdaile (pp. 197-199 in the Burlington Magazine, April 1923?) "Theory, or The Graphic Muse engraved by Blake after Reynolds" by Katharine A. Esdaile (pp. 113-115 in the Burlington Magazine, 1904) [Unidentified fragment of article with photo captioned "4.--Truth Supporting Colt's Monument of Lord Salisbury at Hatfield Hertfordshire"]
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The collection consists of the personal, estate, legal, and business correspondence of a Herefordshire gentry family with strong ties to the London legal world and with some slight connection to their more important relative James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos. The first letter in the collection (26 Oct 1719) is written by William Brydges (1663-1736) to his brother Francis Brydges with regards to setting up a meeting between the two. The next forty letters are written by William Brydges (1681-1764) to his father Francis Brydges. In these letters, William displays traits of a member of the British upper-class. Whether it's by entertaining guests with a harp, mentioning an inclination to be "gentlemen-like", receiving invitations to dine and socialize with local lords, or being the second cousin of James Brydges 1st Duke of Chandos, William is not ashamed of his gentility. His title, Esquire of Tibberton (or Tyberton) in Herefordshire, reflects that as well. Although his work as a lawyer requires him to live in London during this time, he is still obligated to settle matters in Tibberton. The issue that is mentioned the most within this set of letters centers on the tithe dispute of Tibberton Parish. In the early 1700s, there were serious difficulties faced by the established church as the failure of the Anglican Church to meet the needs of its constituents all throughout Britain laid the groundwork for the rise of Methodism and other non-conformist sects- particularly associated with towns. In Tibberton, William and Francis Brydges have a difficult time getting the local citizens to pay for the repair of the collapsed chancel and tower of Tibberton Parish Church. In the case of the Tibberton church, neither the Dean and Chapter of the diocese nor the townspeople agreed to repair these damaged areas. According to William in one of his letters to Francis (17 Oct 1719), he states that the Dean and Chapter want parishioners to pay for the repair of the chancel but nobody is willing to pay. This disorganization leads to William and Francis demanding money from the person who collects the tithes of Tibberton parish, Mr. Tom Jones, in order to pay for the repairs themselves. Seeing as Francis and his father Marshall were both clerks of the church, their involvement in this case appears fitting. A further example of William's dedication to the church lies in his search for records indicating the administrative status of Tibberton and its adjoining church with the name "Madley". When the ownership of the church comes into question, William travels to the augmentation office at Westminster to prove that Tibberton is its own distinct parish. It is not known whether these issues get resolved, but what can be told from these letters is that William found documents proving Tibberton's distinct existence from Madley; the damaged chancel was removed by the end of 1719 (though not yet replaced with a new one); and due to both Tom Jones' refusal to pay his share and inaction from others involved with the church, William and Francis do not resolve the ecclesiastical conflict of law among all sides of this affair. Along with Tibberton, real estate matters are the most mentioned subject within William's letters to his father. These matters deal with William, his father-in-law Andrew Card (1653-1732) who served the Duke of Chandos as a lawyer, and Francis purchasing and selling estates within the towns of Bosbury, Hereford, Bristol, Moreton, Shirkway, and Upleadon. Some of William's cousins play a role in these affairs as well; including Will Vaughn who informs William of his intention to purchase the Brampton estate in Hereford, and Tom Brydges who is selling the Brampton estate in the first place. Another involvement of Tom brought up in these letters involves a complex and strenuous financial affair wherein Tom purchases the life annuity of Andrew Card's widowed sister "Aunt Holmes". The next sixteen letters are written from Joseph Hardwick (fourteen letters) and Stephen Reeves (two letters) to Francis Brydges from 1719 to 1720. Hardwick and Reeves are separate tradesmen hired by Francis to assist in the repairing of the church at Tibberton, but Hardwick also discusses land prices and other business affairs in his writings to Francis. The last three letters are written from notable architect John Wood (1705?-1754) from 1729 to 1731 to William Brydges concerning his estate purchase in Bristol. They consist of architectural suggestions for the estate- thus proving Wood's loyalty to the Brydges family after designing the Duke of Chandos' estate in Bath a few years earlier. From the day to day occurrences illustrated in these primary sources, the Brydges' way of life can be deciphered. The first thing to notice is that business for William, Francis, and Andrew Card is essentially localized. All of the estate affairs (except for Bristol being 40 miles from Hereford) occur in locations that are not only in Herefordshire but also extremely close within the county as well. The fact that there was no effective transport due to poorly maintained roads and a lack of modernized technology in this pre-Industrial Revolution era meant that business could be handled more easily when it was close by. Another thing to note is how often William talked about his family to his father. Seeing as how there was no other means of communication except for talking in person, William felt obligated to inform his father in every single letter that he wrote during this time how his immediate family fared. He constantly mentioned his daughter Elizabeth and nieces Mary and Elizabeth Unett because he shared a close relationship with all of them. Unfortunately, sickness was prevalent among this time due to the instances of Elizabeth "Betty" Unett contracting smallpox, Francis acquiring gout for a brief stint, and Andrew Card suffering from an illness that prevented him from traveling for a whole year and forced him to resign his post as treasurer of Gray's Inn in London in June 1719. William also wrote about politics- mentioning that his uncle William Brydges (1663-1736) lost a by-election at Wells, Somerset on December 14th, 1719; and also giving an account (letter of 26 Sept 1719) of working out a deal with Lord Chandos regarding the British East India Company and an outside agent, meanwhile providing hints towards a warm relationship he shared with his second cousin. The relationship between William, his father-in-law, and his biological father Francis is built on tremendous interaction and trust. Though other family members and various affiliates come to William for legal and financial advice, William constantly mentions throughout his letters to Francis that he relies on Card's counsel before he follows through with these affairs as well. William also trusts Francis enough to let him know everything that is occurring in his life during this time- so much so that the most repeated statement among these letters is: "I entirely submit my thoughts to you [Francis]". This statement demonstrates that people actually come to both William and Francis for legal and financial advice, and at the end of the day the father decides what is best. Thus we observe the family dynamic of the Brydges family in this collection.
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