Identity area
Reference code
Lee/Box 1a/Doc 42
Unique identifier
GB 275 Lee/Box 1a/Doc 42
Title
A. L. s., from J. Barker to John Lee from Aleppo
Date(s)
- 16 September 1814 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
4p paper
Context area
Name of creator
(1783-1866)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
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.