File WCP/1/5 - Note from William Claxton Peppé in Birdpore to Vincent Arthur Smith, 19 January 1898

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GB 891 WCP-WCP/1-WCP/1/5

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Note from William Claxton Peppé in Birdpore to Vincent Arthur Smith, 19 January 1898

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  • 19th Jan 1898 (Creation)

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(1852-1936)

Biographical history

William Claxton Peppé was born in India in 1852, his father being an estate manager in Northern India. He was educated in Aberdeen but returned to Birdpur, India, to assist his father in 1873, becoming the manager in the early 1880s. In the spring ofread more

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Note from William Claxton Peppé in Birdpore to Vincent Arthur Smith in Gorakhpur, in which Peppé tells Smith he has found some writing on one of the bowls, adds his transcription in pencil, under which is a transliteration in Smith's hand. On reverse isread more

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  • English

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