| Evidence: | William Gifford to John Murray, 29 April 1826 [sic]:
'I see with regret in the papers of this morning that my poor friend [William] Moorcroft is dead.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 29 Apr 1826 | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | William Gifford |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | n/a |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | |
| Title: | report of death of William Moorcroft in India |
| Genre: | Reference / General works |
| Form of Text: | Print: Newspaper |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 27338 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Samuel Smiles | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1891 | |
| Vol: | 2 | |
| Page: | 173 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Samuel Smiles, A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray (London, 1891), 2, p. 173, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27338, accessed: 25 April 2024 | |
| Note to p.173 in source states that William Moorcroft died at Bokhara in 1808; not clear whether there is error in source, or if this was first intelligence that Gifford had received of the death. Gifford goes on, in letter quoted: 'It is mentioned in the Asiatic Journal. I shall be obliged to you if you can spare it to me for an hour or two, and I will return it' -- but it is not clear that Gifford had already seen a copy of this paper, or whether he was following up a reference obtained elsewhere. |
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