Identity area
Reference code
Carrighan/Box 2/1-2/1/8
Unique identifier
GB 275 Carrighan/Box 2/1-2/1/8
Title
Autograph letter, signed, to Lieutenant Colonel John Carrighan (AJC's brother) from Paris
Date(s)
- 24 February 1820 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
4p Manuscript paper
Context area
Name of creator
(1781-1845)
Biographical history
Admitted pensioner at St John's College, 1798; B.A. 1803; M.A. 1806; Fellow, 1804-33; Senior Dean, 1814-16; Sacrist, 1822-3; Steward, 1823-4 and 1826-33; Rector of Barrow, Suffolk, 1832-45.
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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Gives a graphic account of the aftermath of the assassination of the Duc de Berry on the 13th February 1820. Describes the state of the city, the political machinations and the interrogation of the perpertrator.