urn:taro:utexas.hrc.00683 Alexander Cumming Dewar: An Inventory of His Collection at the Harry Ransom Center Finding aid created by Joan Sibley and Jamie Hawkins-Kirkham Harry Ransom Center, 2011 Finding aid encoded by Jamie Hawkins-Kirkham29 April 2011 Finding aid written in English. Collection Summary Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin Dewar, Alexander Cumming, 1803-1880 Alexander Cumming Dewar Collection 1825-1857 3 boxes (1.26 linear feet) The collection of Alexander Cumming Dewar, British peer and soldier, contains his lengthy handwritten manuscript entitled Journal of My Life in India. A few dried leaves, plant samples, and one feather are tipped into the journals. English Manuscript Collection MS-1150 Access:

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Container List Works: Journal of my life in India, bound handwritten manuscript, 6 volumes, 1825-1857: 1.1 Volume I, 1825-1828. 1.2 Volume II, 1828-1833. 2.1 Volume III, 1833-1837. 2.2 Volume IV, 1837-1843. 3.1 Volume V, 1843-1849. 3.2 Volume VI, 1849-1857. (From the Parsons Collection.)