1880s ARCHIVE OF HANDWRITTEN AND PRINT DOCUMENTS AND LETTERS REGARDING THE CAREER OF A BUMBLING, INEFFECTIVE BRITISH RAILWAY ENGINEER IN COLONIAL INDIA

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On offer is an archive of six [6] items relating to one man's career being an unsuccessful railway and mining engineer in India in the late 19th century including: a rather terse a nd angry 4 page handwritten letter dated 1894 regarding the poor performance of the Mechanical Engineer on site and steps to repair the performance of the Mohpani Coal & Iron Company; a pair of printed testimonials: 1) for the Bengel Iron and Steele Company, 1894; and 2) for South Eastern Railway, 1878; partially printed signed document attesting a particular 'Fitter' having been a member of the Railway Volunteer Corps from Station Jamalpur signed by C.H. Lashi, dated 1886; a 2 page handwritten letter wherein the English recipient is to present himself post haste to Calcutta and receive duties of an Engineering type by Duncan MacMillan and Co.; a partially printed signed folio sized document to T.G.E. Scaife from the Bezwada-Madras Railway dated 1896 from the Chief Engineer regarding a pay increase but also comments that Mr. Scaife will not be a success for a variety of reasons expounded upon. Some faults but overall G+.; English; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; INDIA, RAILWAYS, RAILROADS, ENGINEERING, SUB CONTINENT, MADRAS, MINING, HANDWRITTEN, MANUSCRIPT, DOCUMENT, LETTER, AUTOGRAPH, WRITER, HAND WRITTEN, DOCUMENTS, SIGNED, LETTERS, MANUSCRIPTS, HISTORICAL, HOLOGRAPH, WRITERS, AUTOGRAPHS, PERSONAL, PERSONAL HISTORY, RELIGION, ROYALTY, NOBILITY, CALLIGRAPHY, PAPAL, VATICAN, CATHOLIC, ROMAN CATHOLIC, ECCLESIASTIC,antiquité, contrat, vélin, document, manuscrit, papier Antike, Brief, Pergament, Dokument, Manuskript, Papier oggetto d'antiquariato, atto, velina, documento, manoscritto, carta antigüedad, hecho, vitela, documento, Manuscrito, Bezwada-Madras Railway Show more