Item Doc 42 - A. L. s., from J. Barker to John Lee from Aleppo

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Lee/Box 1a/Doc 42

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GB 275 Lee/Box 1a/Doc 42

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A. L. s., from J. Barker to John Lee from Aleppo

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  • 16 September 1814 (Creation)

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Gives brief account of trip to St Simon's mountain, including description of an interesting plant and a Kurdish method of catching birds. Tells of visiting the recently destroyed fortress of Omar Aga and the house of the Kurdish heroine Haiva Hatun and gives a short anecdote concerning her ways of dealing with servant admirers. Asks for Lee to procure and despatch a water fountain to him.

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