Description
A manuscript journal containing texts, photographs, maps, and letters documenting
Englishman J. G. Pilter's travels in Algeria in 1872.
Background
The journal was compiled by an Englishman identified as J. G. Pilter. J. G. Pilter may be Sir John George Pilter (1848-1932),
a Englishman living in
Paris, who was variously Chairman of the Commercial Information Department; President of the British Chamber of Commerce,
Paris; Chairman of the British
Charitable Fund; Chairman of Hertford British Hospital; and Vice-chairman of the British Schools in Paris. He was a member
of the Royal Commission of
the 1900 Paris Exhibition. Pilter was a Commander of the Tunisian Order of Nicham Iftikhar (Order of Glory) and a Knight Officer
of the Legion of
Honour.
Extent
1 album(s)
(91 photographic prints)
Restrictions
Contact Library Reproductions and
Permissions.
Availability
Open for use by qualified researchers.