Identity area
Reference code
MAYR/B/2/14
Title
Letter from Robert Mayor to John Mayor
Date(s)
- 30 Aug. 1820 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 doc.
Context area
Name of creator
(1755-1826)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Building of new school, birth of Robert Bickersteth Mayor who has a native wet-nurse, praise of Charlotte, have been joined by the Wards owing to Benjamin Ward's illness, girl's school teaches Singhalese, caste system, hope of resurrection versus reincarnation, local priests, Sarah's marriage, report of a shipwreck: Point de Galle