Original manuscript diary documenting the service of a British officer during the latter stages of the Sepoy Mutiny

by Sepoy Mutiny

$6,000 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

Contains 96 pages of entries composed in both ink and pencil. 8vo. Bound in original paper wraps. Contains 96 pages of entries composed in both ink and pencil. Wraps worn, spine perished, else very sound. Item #314573 This diary was kept by Lt. Co. James Burnie, an East India Army Officer who served in the Mooltani Horse during the Sepoy Mutiny. It follows his movements throughout the Indian countryside as he and his column track down and face

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