Identity area
Reference code
Carrighan/Box 2/1-2/1/4
Unique identifier
GB 275 Carrighan/Box 2/1-2/1/4
Title
Copy of letter to Haviland from Lecce
Date(s)
- 17 April 1818 (Creation)
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Item
Extent and medium
3p 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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Scope and content
Discusses his friend General Church and his programme to rid the area of 'Decisi', a society of bandits. Gives an account of the problem of rule in the country due to the numbers of bandits and the lack of power afforded to the General. Gives a brief history of the Decisi and also relates an account of an attack on a troop of soldiers by locals of the village of Ururi. Describes a visit to Pompei. Gives news of acquaintances met in Italy and the financial arrangements for his travels.