File RAS GOV7/26 - Copy of a letter addressed to Colonel Sykes by Captain Kittoe, read November 1849

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GB 891 RAS GOV7-RAS GOV7/26

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Copy of a letter addressed to Colonel Sykes by Captain Kittoe, read November 1849

Date(s)

  • 1849 (Creation)

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Extent and medium

4.5 pages handwritten

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Biographical history

Markham Kittoe was in India from 1825-53 as an Officer in Bengal 6th Native Infantry. He became Archaeological Enquirer to Government in the North Western Provinces.

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Scope and content

'Copy of a letter addressed to Colonel Sykes by Captain Kittoe (no place or date)' in which he writes that he has just returned from a tour along the bank of the Gandak. He has spent several months examining inscriptions made by Captain R.W. Ellis,read more

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Language of material

  • English

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