A Diary Kept by Mrs. R. C. Germon, at Lucknow, Between the Months of May and December, 1857Germon, Maria
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A Diary Kept by Mrs. R. C. Germon, at Lucknow, Between the Months of May and December, 1857
Germon, Maria
Germon, Maria; India -- History -- Sepoy Rebellion, 1857-1858; Lucknow (India) -- History -- Siege, 1857 -- Personal narratives
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| Grand Total| 4|15|53|72|10|37|84|131|
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N.B.--1 Member C.S. killed and 3 wounded; 1 Chaplain wounded; 2 Civil
Engineers wounded; 15 Merchants, Clerks, &c., killed and 9 wounded.
MEMO.--Deaths from Sickness not included.
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Transcriber's Notes:
Original unusual spellings have been retained. Minor punctuation errors
corrected on pages 12, 24, 73, and 138. The following typos were
corrected:
Page 52, "everthing" changed to "everything." (...and do everything,
excepting the cooking...)
Page 57, "harldy" changed to "hardly." (...hardly any one is without
them now.)
Page 57, "beeen" changed to "been." (... the firing had been very
sharp...)
Page 84, the word "I" was missing in the original. (Rose and I did
all...)
Page 86, "quite" changed to "quiet." ( The enemy tolerably quiet
to-day...)
Page 106, "as" changed to "us." (...called and gave us full particulars
of the whole affair...)
Spellings and hyphenation made consistent with these changes:
Page 17, "Mr. G----s'" changed to "Mr. G----'s." (This house, as well
as Mr. G----'s...)
Page 19, "Martiniere" changed to "Martinière." (...Mrs. F---- to the
Martinière College...)
Page 40, "smallpox" changed to "small-pox." (...as there is small-pox
in both...)
Page 55, "Godowns" changed to "Go-downs." (...Go-downs were considered
unhealthy...)
Page 104, "godown" changed to "go-down." (I took possession of my
go-down...)
Page 115, "storeroom" changed to "store-room." (...in my store-room I
had a very...)
The word "our's" has been standardized to "ours" on pages 57, 139, and
141.
The following corrections were made by handwritten note in the original
book and were retained in our text here:
Page 24, "reals" changed to "rupees." (This man got 100 rupees...)
Page 27, "to" changed to "in." (...he went back in Sir Henry's
carriage...)
Page 28, "Mr. A----" changed to "Mrs. A----." (As I and Mrs. A----
occupied Mrs. F----'s room...)
Page 45, "score" changed to "crore." (... said to be worth a crore of
rupees!)
Page 51, "Major H----" changed to "Major B----." (Sir Henry then
appointed Major B---- his successor.)
Page 52, "and" changed to "as." (...as they passed up and down...)
Page 54, "Mr. and Mrs. O----" changed to "He and Mr. O----." (He and
Mr. O----, and two others...)
Page 79, "Mrs. C----" changed to "Mr. C----." (Mr. C---- was wounded.)
Page 81, "Mrs. S----" changed to "Mrs. L----." (...Mrs. P----, Mrs.
B----, and Mrs. L----...)
Page 87, "running" changed to "mining." (The enemy were discovered
mining...)
Page 125, "fright" changed to "fight." (He then told me of the fight
they had coming in...)
Page 131, "have" changed to "leave." (...Mrs. B---- would not leave in
her buggy...)
Page 144, "W.I." changed to "N.I." (H.C. 13th Regt. N.I.)
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