"Diary-letters, or "circulars", written by Isabella Bishop from the Middle East, including a note from Herbert Sawyer" : Correspondence; Diary. 24 Dec 1889 - 15 Jul 1890.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Bishop, Isabella (née Bird), author.

Sawyer, Herbert, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women.

Authors.

Travel writing.

Iraq.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

1224

Summary:

Letters touch on women, silk and a deadly outbreak of cholera in Baghdad.

Notes:

AMDigital Reference: MS.42023.

"1889, December 24th. Persian Gulf. Folio(s) 1-11. 1890, January 3rd and 6th. River Tigris and Baghdad. 12-19. [1890], May 4th. Bakhtiari Hills. 20-29. 1890, May 12th and 13th. Bakhtiari Hills. 30-43. [1890], May 26th. Bakhtiari Hills. 44-56. May 30th. "Chikahor", i.e. ?Chigakhor. 57. May 30th. "Chikahor", i.e. ?Chigakhor. 58. SEE: "Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan", letter XV, vol. 1, p. ?365-?368. May 30th. ?"Chikahor", i.e. ?Chigakhor. 59-60. SEE: "Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan", letter XV, vol. 1, p. 365-letter XVI, vol. 2, p. [1]. 1890, June 30th. [Karun valley.] 61-94. [1890], July 15th. Basnui. 95. Note in pencil signed "HAS" (Major Sawyer - Bishop`s escort through part of her journey in Persia), with an annotation by Bishop.".

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