MRP: Aleppo - Revision history

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 ===Damascus to Aleppo, 1843===
-"Von Damaskus ging ich nach Beirut und schiffte mich, um die langweilige Landreise nach Aleppo zu vermeiden, am 4 Februar 1843 an Bord des englischen Kauffahrtei-Schooners, ''Eleanor Palmer'', der nach Skanderun bestimmt war, ein.  Beinahe alle britischen Fahrzeige, die die Küste von Syrien besuchen, laden einen Theil ihrer Fracht in Beirut under den andern in Skanderun aus, ohne einen dazwischenliegenden Punkt zu berühren, da sie meistens auschliesslich brittische Güter führen, die and die Häuser in Beirut unde Aleppo adressirt sind, von welch leyzerer Stadt Skanderun die Scala ist, und suchen dann eine Rückfracht, nach Smyrna und Alexandrien.  Die französichen Fahrzeuge, die sich meistens mit dem Landhandel abgeben, legen in Tripolis und Latafia an, um um Seide, Oel und andere Producte der Gegend einzunehmen."<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dieheutigensyri00patogoog#page/n161/mode/2up Andrew Archibald Paton, Die heutigen Syrier oder gesellige und politische Zustände der Eingeborenen in Damaskus, Aleppo (Stuttgart und Tübingen, 1845), p. 155]</ref>
+"Von Damaskus ging ich nach Beirut und schiffte mich, um die langweilige Landreise nach Aleppo zu vermeiden, am 4 Februar 1843 an Bord des englischen Kauffahrtei-Schooners, ''Eleanor Palmer'', der nach Skanderun bestimmt war, ein.  Beinahe alle britischen Fahrzeige, die die Küste von Syrien besuchen, laden einen Theil ihrer Fracht in Beirut under den andern in Skanderun aus, ohne einen dazwischenliegenden Punkt zu berühren, da sie meistens auschliesslich brittische Güter führen, die and die Häuser in Beirut unde Aleppo adressirt sind, von welch leyzerer Stadt Skanderun die Scala ist, und suchen dann eine Rückfracht, nach Smyrna und Alexandrien.  Die französichen Fahrzeuge, die sich meistens mit dem Landhandel abgeben, legen in Tripolis<ref>Coastal town, north of Beirut</ref>  und Latakia<ref>Coastal town, north of Beirut</ref>  an, um um Seide, Oel und andere Producte der Gegend einzunehmen."<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dieheutigensyri00patogoog#page/n161/mode/2up Andrew Archibald Paton, Die heutigen Syrier oder gesellige und politische Zustände der Eingeborenen in Damaskus, Aleppo (Stuttgart und Tübingen, 1845), p. 155]</ref>
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 ==Mentions of Aleppo in Wiki==

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 "The great regular caravan from Aleppo to Bagdad, across the Syrian Desert, was not expected to leave the former city until September; but a smaller one had been formed, for the purpose of going, by a more circuitous route, to Mardin and Mousul on the Tigris...I accordingly obtained an introduction to a merchant of Mousul, named Hadgee Abd-el-Rakhmān, who was returning by this caravan to his native city, with merchandize from the pilgrimage at Mecca.  For the respect which, as he said, he bore the English nation, from having always traded with them until the decline of their commerce at Aleppo, he consented to admit me into his party."<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/travelsinmesopo04buckgoog#page/n32/mode/2up  James Silk Buckingham, Travels in Mesopotamia: Including a Journey from Aleppo to Bagdad, vol. 1 (London, 1827)]</ref>
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 ==Mentions of Aleppo in Wiki==

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 - No Internet Archive copy
-<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dieheutigensyri00patogoog#page/n3/mode/2up Paton, Andrew Archibald , Die heutigen Syrier oder gesellige und politische Zustände der Eingeborenen in Damaskus, Aleppo (Stuttgart und Tübingen, 1845), p. 155]</ref>
+[http://www.archive.org/stream/dieheutigensyri00patogoog#page/n3/mode/2up Paton, Andrew Archibald , Die heutigen Syrier oder gesellige und politische Zustände der Eingeborenen in Damaskus, Aleppo (Stuttgart und Tübingen, 1845)]
 - Internet Archive copy
 - Note that this digital copy has been made by Google, who have missed out the correct title page

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 - "Reprinted from Glamorgan historian, vol. 8, 1972" (Open Library description)
 - No Internet Archive copy
 Robson, Charles, ''Nevves from Aleppo: a letter written to T.V.B. of D. vicar of Cockfield in Southsex
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 [http://www.archive.org/stream/naturalhistoryof00russ#page/n5/mode/2up Russell, Alexander, The Natural History of Aleppo, 1st edn. (London, 1756)]
 - Second, enlarged, edition was 1796
 Tyron, Richard, ''Travels from Aleppo to the city of Jerusalem, and through the most remarkable parts of the Holy Land, in 1776'' (London, 1800)
 - No Internet Archive copy (Open Library description)

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 Van der Aa, Pieter, ''L. Rouwolfs Land-Reyse, gedaan van Aleppo, door Babylonien, Syrien en Palestina'' (?Leiden, 1707)
 [http://www.archive.org/stream/travelsinmesopo03buckgoog#page/n8/mode/2up Buckingham, James Silk, Travels in Mesopotamia: Including a Journey from Aleppo to Bagdad, vols. 1-2 (London, 1827)]
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 [http://www.archive.org/stream/naturalhistoryof00russ#page/n5/mode/2up Russell, Alexander, The Natural History of Aleppo, 1st edn. (London, 1756)]
-- First edition was 1576, but no Internet Archive copy of this edition
+- Second, enlarged, edition was 1796

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 - Sourced from Bibliothèque nationale de France: Gallica.bnf.fr, for non-commercial use
-(2) 'Plan of the city of Aleppo', in Alexander Russell, ''The Natural History of Aleppo'', vol. 1, 2nd edn. (London, 1794), betw. pp. 12 & 13
+(2) 'Plan of the city of Aleppo', in Alexander Russell, ''The Natural History of Aleppo'', vol. 1, 2nd edn. (London, 1794), betw. pp. 12 & 13[[FootNote(This is the footnote text)]
 - Book and image are out of copyright
 - Sourced from an Internet Archive copy
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 ==Notes==
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 Van der Aa, Pieter, ''L. Rouwolfs Land-Reyse, gedaan van Aleppo, door Babylonien, Syrien en Palestina'' (?Leiden, 1707)
 [http://www.archive.org/stream/journeyfromalepp00maunrich#page/n5/mode/2up Maundrell, Henry, A journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem, at Easter, A.D. 1697 (London, 1823)]
 - No illustrations, no maps, but some descriptions of Turkish countryside and houses

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 ==Suggested primary sources==
 ===Lincolnshire Archives===
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 - Beneficiaries: His father Sir Goddard £40 for a ring and mourning.
 Mother, Lady Dorothy, £40 for a ring and mourning. Henry Nelthorpe, his eldest brother - £40 for a ring and mourning.
-Revd. Mr. William Hallifax, minister at Aleppo 50 Lyon dollars. William Harvey, a friend - a ring of 20 shillings. Dr. John Pickerne, 50 Lyon dollars. Signor J. G. Transfeldt, 100 Lyon dollars. Monsieur Bigand, a ring. Abdallor, his warehousekeeper 50 dollars. To his boy Michael, 50 dollars. To the Poor - 50 dollars. Mr. Alexander Akehurst, to be assignee and to take books papers and all else and send them to his brothers Edward and Richard Nelthorpe, his executors. Edward Nelthorpe his brother - 2/3 of his estate. Richard Nelthorpe his brother - the other third. Alex. Akehurst - horses, furniture, books, arms, wearing apparel and half the furniture of chambers and country house. George Juxon his partner - his share of partnership and the other half of his furniture of chambers and country house. Mr. Hallifax to manage affairs over the will in Aleppo and the Bishop of London in England. Will dated Probate, 1697.
+Revd. Mr. William Hallifax, minister at Aleppo 50 Lyon dollars. William Harvey, a friend - a ring of 20 shillings. Dr. John Pickerne, 50 Lyon dollars. Signor J. G. Transfeldt, 100 Lyon dollars. Monsieur Bigand, a ring. Abdallor, his warehousekeeper 50 dollars. To his boy Michael, 50 dollars. To the Poor - 50 dollars. Mr. Alexander Akehurst, to be assignee and to take books papers and all else and send them to his brothers Edward and Richard Nelthorpe, his executors. Edward Nelthorpe his brother - 2/3 of his estate. Richard Nelthorpe his brother - the other third. Alex. Akehurst - horses, furniture, books, arms, wearing apparel and half the furniture of chambers and country house. George Juxon his partner - his share of partnership and the other half of his furniture of chambers and country house. Mr. Hallifax to manage affairs over the will in Aleppo and the Bishop of London in England. Will dated Probate, 1697

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 (2) 'Plan of the city of Aleppo', in Alexander Russell, ''The Natural History of Aleppo'', vol. 1, 2nd edn. (London, 1794), betw. pp. 12 & 13
-Book and image are out of copyright
+- Book and image are out of copyright
 - Sourced from an Internet Archive copy
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 ===Letters===
 See [[MRP: 3rd April 1663, Letter from Daniel Pennington to Sir GO, London, Letter 2|3rd April 1663, Letter from Daniel Pennington to Sir GO, London, Letter 2]]
-- "in y:e Interim for á present exepedition, I pray doo ee y:e favour as to employe them in á very good dymond or Dymonds or else in some Granats w:ch y:e Jewes from Allep have often traded in to great proffitt & from thence send them to Venice I see noe Cause but they may bee sent hither to Convey thither w:th as little expence of tyme, Charge, & hazard as by Carravan if you please to make á tryall & y:t it take, it may hereafter prove of advantage to us both"
 See [[MRP: 13th May 1663, Letter from Gamaliel Nightingale & Mun Browne to Sir GO, Aleppo|13th May 1663, Letter from Gamaliel Nightingale & Mun Browne to Sir GO, Aleppo]]
 See [[MRP: 10th August 1663, Letter from Sir George Smith to Sir GO, London|10th August 1663, Letter from Sir George Smith to Sir GO, London]]
-- "Under y:e present I sent you two Packets of lres by way of  Liv:o &  Marcellia, Both recommended to Consull Lannoy<ref>Benjamin Lannoy, English consul at Aleppo</ref> at [[MRP: Aleppo| Alepo]] to bee Conveyed to you"
 See [[MRP: 20th August 1663, Letter from Gamaliel Nightingale to Sir GO, Aleppo|20th August 1663, Letter from Gamaliel Nightingale to Sir GO, Aleppo]]
 See [[MRP: 14th September 1665, Letter from Whinchelsea, Pira of Constant:ple|14th September 1665, Letter from Whinchelsea, Pira of Constant:ple]]
-- "I have a pticular likeing to y:t Drinke w:ch they call Tea, & therefore I must desire you to doe mee y:e ffavo:e to send mee by y:e Caravan w:ch come for Allepo such a proportion thereof as may serve for 2:psons á whole yeare"
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 ===Wills===

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 ===Inventories===
+See Sir George Smith list of assets & partial inventory
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 ===Law suits===
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 ===Letters===
 See [[MRP: 13th May 1663, Letter from Gamaliel Nightingale & Mun Browne to Sir GO, Aleppo|13th May 1663, Letter from Gamaliel Nightingale & Mun Browne to Sir GO, Aleppo]]

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	- Mun Browne, the son of Humfry Browne, was a merchant at Aleppo, though his will was probably written when he was in London. His brother was the ''SVJS'' subscriber Edwin Browne		- Mun Browne, the son of Humfry Browne, was a merchant at Aleppo, though his will was probably written when he was in London. His brother was the ''SVJS'' subscriber Edwin Browne
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		+	See [[MRP: Joseph Carew will\|Joseph Carew will]]
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		+	- "I Joseph Carew Resident in Aleppo"

	See [[MRP: Philip Strode will\|Philip Strode will]]		See [[MRP: Philip Strode will\|Philip Strode will]]