Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans
Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.
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The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany is in Newspapers.
[After 24th March 1845] With reference to the exaggerated and unjust statements respecting this unfortunate regiment, a letter has appeared in a London newspaper (The Times March 24th 1845) from Sir William Napier vindicating his brother from the imputation cast upon him of being "the murderer" of the soldiers and showing that due precautions had been taken by him to secure... the 78th Regiment which was ordered up the river from Karachi to Sukkur... Although the 78th arrived at Sukkur in excellent health... the disease burst out suddenly with unusual violence and enraged till the end of the year "the sickness" he adds "has astounded the medical men who call it an extraordinary epidemic for which they cannot account, this then furnishes further evidence of the fatal as well as the deceitful character of the Sindh climate especially to Europeans. . We understand that the officers, NCOs and privates of HM 78th Highlanders have subscribed upwards of 1000 rupees or 100 pounds for the purpose of erecting a monument in one of the public churches of Edinburgh to the memory of their comrades who died in Sindh... This cenotaph will be raised to commemorate the victims of the noisome pestilence, the unhappy beings whose deaths at Sukkur put the last sad seal to the iniquity of the Sindh invasion." (p 561)