tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7004998321945892855.post362383415622902537..comments2022-05-04T20:20:20.829-07:00Comments on Sepoys and Griffins: Captain Little's Detachment & the Fort of Jaigarh [or Jaigur] 1790Nick Balmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12730750075841601992noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7004998321945892855.post-4309910662400480072011-04-10T09:52:42.149-07:002011-04-10T09:52:42.149-07:00Hello Frank,
I haven't come across John Parke...Hello Frank,<br /><br />I haven't come across John Parker Boyd at all, so I would be very interested to learn about him.<br /><br />We are incredibly lucky to have both Moor and Price's accounts. I have been researching both books and some others including Sir Thomas Munro who also good at this period. The difficultly is writing it up. I get so involved in the books, I forget to follow through.<br /><br />Moor lived in Suffolk in his retirement and played a big role in local affairs. Many of my non-Anglo Indian ancestors lived in villages very close to his retirement home. I often wonder if they knew each other.<br /><br />David Price was very lucky to survive a disaster that over took a column descending the Periah Pass in 1797. With only one leg, we somehow got away. The column was led by Major Cameron, first husband of one of my 4 x great aunt's. They had only been in India for a few months, and aged 17 she was already a widow. That's when my 4 x great uncle Thomas Baber was able to marry her.<br /><br />I am aware of Malet's books, but I have read only a little of his work. My connections with Poona are a generation, so I have concentrated on them. William Chaplin and the 1820's.<br /><br />I have tried quite hard to map the Dharwad siege but I am struggling because the town has expanded quite a bit. I can find fragments of the wall and a gate, but it needs field walking on the ground to work out how to fit the accounts to the town.<br /><br />I have really enjoyed the letters you have posted elsewhere. The 1818 Mahratta War is another of my interests. I have been collecting material for those campaigns. I have a great deal now, and know where much much more is.<br /><br />I would really like to be able to map the marches of the columns over a time line, because even with Valentine Blacker's excellent work and maps, it is an incredibly hard campaign to get your head around with all those columns moving over such a great area. It is much easier with these earlier campaigns.Nick Balmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12730750075841601992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7004998321945892855.post-55811411039723020492011-04-10T05:33:40.907-07:002011-04-10T05:33:40.907-07:00I have something on J P Boyd which I acquired from...I have something on J P Boyd which I acquired from the CUP called The Yankee Mughal...if you like I can send it to you....most interesting stuff.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14903023218226493898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7004998321945892855.post-62987513239620095212011-04-10T05:14:03.261-07:002011-04-10T05:14:03.261-07:00Hello Nick...during the course of researching for ...Hello Nick...during the course of researching for my book on Col. Gardner, I came upon the Capt. Little's detachment. What is interesting is that two young officers with a penchant for writing managed to quite vividly record the journey of that detachment. David Price who went on to become Major lost his leg during the siege of Dharwad. He then worked for Charles Malet for a while when he was Resident in Poona. Malet managed to get Price a good position in Surat, where he did some fantastic work in documenting old Persian manuscripts etc.. My memory is sketchy and this is all off hand. Capt Moor was in Poona for a while and has written good stuff, he in fact in his book describes a visit to the famous Parvati temple during some occasion when the Peshwa was also there with his entourage doing some charity work and he mentions that he (Moor) was with Capt. Gardner. Col. Gardner spent a bit of time in Poona and was rubbing shoulders with these officers...there was during this time another rather interesting figure in Poona by the name of John Parker Boyd in the employ of the Peshwa.<br /> <br />Good stuff.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14903023218226493898noreply@blogger.com