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Biographical sketches.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Biographies focusing on a few defining events in the life of the subject, conveying the essence and main milestones of a life.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Memoranda and other papers, including biographical material., 1797-1821.

 File
Identifier: MS.13736
Scope and Contents The contents include the following.(i) Near contemporary copy of autobiographical "sketch" of the career of Major-General James Stuart, to January 1797. (Folio 1.)(ii) Draft memoir of Major-General Stuart by Alexander Walker, circa 1815. (Folio 35.)(iii) Draft 'sketch' of the life of Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay, by Alexander Walker, published in the ‘Aberdeen journal’, 1 February 1815. (Folio 82.)(iv) Memoir of Colonel Patrick Walker of...
Dates: 1797-1821.