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John Archibald Ballard, career scrapbook and associated family items (Manuscript)
1840-1880
BLRD/1/3
Letters to George Alexander Ballard from his father (Manuscript)
1867-1880
BLRD/2/2/8
Family correspondence of John Archibald Ballard, letters sent by and to him during early career and the Crimean War (Manuscript)
1840-09-07 - 1858-12-30
BLRD/1/2/1
Ballard family papers (Manuscript)
1840-1948
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Documents and correspondence received by John Archibald Ballard during his army career (Manuscript)
1854-1859
BLRD/1/1/4
Private journal and notebook of John Archibald Ballard (Manuscript)
1849-1850
BLRD/1/1/1
Papers of Lieutenant-General John Archibald Ballard (Manuscript)
1840-1883
BLRD/1
Scrapbook containing press cuttings on career of John Archibald Ballard (Manuscript)
1854-08-05 - 1880-04-22
BLRD/1/3/1
Contract of marriage between Lieutenant Colonel John Archibald Ballard C.B. and Joanna Scott Moncrieff (Manuscript)
1861
BLRD/1/3/3
Rough copies of orders issued and received and letters concerning campaigns while in command of Turkish Rifle Brigade (Manuscript)
1855-08-01 - 1855-11-30
BLRD/1/1/2
Letters to family from John Archibald Ballard during his time as Mint Master at Bombay and his retirement. (Manuscript)
1861-05-08 -1880-04-01
BLRD/1/2/2
Summaries copied from the journals of John Archibald Ballard by his brother George (Manuscript)
1850-1869
BLRD/1/2/4
Personal record of marriages and births of John Archibald Ballard's mother's family. (Manuscript)
c.1841
BLRD/1/3/2
Sketched diagrams of actions and maps of movements of the Rajputana Field Force (Manuscript)
1856-1859
BLRD/1/1/5
Papers relating to John Archibald Ballard's army career (Manuscript)
1849-1859
BLRD/1/1
Personal correspondence of John Archibald Ballard (Manuscript)
1840-1883
BLRD/1/2
Notebook of John Archibald Ballard, intelligence department, Persian field force (Manuscript)
1857-01-06 - 1857-04-18
BLRD/1/1/3
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