memoir (photocopy), memoir
Accession Number

NAM.2003-04-257-1

Description

Photocopy of a typed transcription of the experiences of Esther Anne Betts, nee Nicholson, as a girl during the Indian Mutiny, 1857. Written in 1902. Relates to the events of the Indian Mutiny when she was seventeen. First seven pages consist of genealogical information about the Nicholson family and how she came to be in India. Describes in detail their flight from Suleempore to Dinarpore. Also mentions the death of her cousin Gen John Nicholson at Delhi;. Associated with Indian Mutiny (1857-1859).

Campaigns

Indian Mutiny (1857-1859)

Associated collection