Key Information
Reference code
KA/IC/L/16
Title
Letters, 1842-1843, to the Secretary of King’s College London from correspondents with surnames or topics beginning with L
Date(s)
- 1842 - 1843 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 bundle
Scope and content
Manuscript letters and printed papers sent to the Secretary of King’s College London including the successful application of Alfred Peter Lovekin for the Worsley scholarship (founded by Major General Sir Henry Worsley (1768-1841), army officer in the East India Company in 1834, to fund the education of missionaries to India); Col Leake requesting permission to borrow Malay manuscripts from the Marsden Library collections for the use of Edouard Dulaurier (1807-1881), Professor of Living Oriental Languages at the Royal School of Paris; the resignation of John Lonsdale (1788-1867), Principal; Sophia Lonsdale, wife of John Lonsdale, requesting a list of furniture belong to the College in the Principal’s residence.