letterbook, letterbook
Accession Number
NAM.1977-11-230-1
Description
Bound manuscript letter book containing 168 copy letters dated 22 May-16 Dec 1857. Issued at Lucknow by Sir Henry Lawrence and after his death by Sir John Inglis. The letters chronicle the preparations against the mutineers, the prosecution of the defence of Lucknow and the rewards and punishments dispersed at the end of the siege. Associated with the Siege of Lucknow, Indian Mutiny (1857-1859), 1857.
Events
Lucknow, Siege of, 1857 (Indian Mutiny 1857-1859)
Associated collection
