Reference code: GB-0033-SAD
Title: Smith, Edward James and Emma Ann
Dates of creation: 1857-1859
Extent: 1 file
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
Created by: Smith, Edward James and Emma Ann
Language:
English
E.J. Smith was employed in the Posts and Telegraphs Department of the Turkish government in the 1850s. He lived with his wife Emma at Kadikoy.
1. Personal Papers
2. Diary
Presented by R.S. Boumphrey, 1963
Catalogue
1. Personal Papers
SAD.104/9/29-42
1857 Apr 18-1858 Mar 24
Letters home from Emma Ann Smith to her younger sister and her husband, copied from the originals by R.S. Boumphrey:
SAD.104/9/29-31
[1857] Apr 18
Copy letter from Emma Smith to her sister and brother-in-law from Constantinople [Istanbul] concerning the decision by her and her husband to take a house at Kadekui [Kadikoy], describing the accommodation, the Italian family who would be their
closest neighbours, and a ride through the Valley of Sweet Waters where they encountered numerous Turkish women and children
SAD.104/9/32-35
[1857] Jul 26
Copy letter from Emma Smith to her sister and brother-in-law from [Kadikoy] describing her husband's interview with Ahmed Bey of the Customs House about funds to establish post offices along the Bosphorus, his visit to Therapia [Tarabya] to see
Lord Stratford, British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, day trip with the Robertsons to Fanaraki, description of the village of Urankoi, problems with mosquitoes and Edward Smith's interview with Lord Stratford
SAD.104/9/36-42
1858 Mar 24
Copy letter from Emma Smith to her younger sister, written at sea in the Bay of Biscay on a return trip from England to Turkey, describing their cabins, most of their party suffering from sea sickness, fellow passengers, the planned route via
Gibraltar, Malta and Smyrna and life on board
SAD.104/9/43-51
1857 Jun 14-[1859] Jul 1
Letters home from Edward Smith to his brother John Peter George Smith [George] from Kadikoy, copied from the original by R.S. Boumphrey:
SAD.104/9/43-47
1857 Jun 14
Copy letter from Edward Smith at Kadikoy to his brother George describing his work for the Post Office, the arrival of a new English Postmaster, new additions to the English community, attempts to set up a cricket club, requests for items of food
to be sent out, the state of his health, plans for the education of their children, concerns about a flirtation between his servants and taking on church services in the absence of a Pastor
SAD.104/9/48-49
1859 Jun 28
Copy letter from Edward Smith at Kadikoy to his brother George concerning personal financial matters, his hopes of being reinstated in his job with the Turkish Government, and the gunboat [H.M.S.] “Wanderer”
anchored off Kadekoy and his admiration for the ship's Commander
SAD.104/9/50-51
[1859] Jul 1
Copy letter from Edward Smith at Kadekoy to his brother George concerning his hopes for reinstatement in his employment, his daughter's request for archery equipment, political developments in Turkey, his admiration for Lord Elgin, description of
the local means of harvesting grain and the elopement of one of the Sultan's wives
2. Diary
SAD.104/9/1-28
1857 Oct 30
Letter from Emma Ann Smith to her brother B[ernhard], rewritten from her journal at Kadekui [Kadikoy], a suburb of Istanbul in Turkey on 30 October 1857 and covering a trip into the interior, 17-30 October. Copied from the original manuscript by
the donor, R.S. Boumphrey. The journal describes in some detail the equipment and provisions taken with them (SAD.104/9/1); fellow pasengers on the ferry to Moudania [Mudanya] on the Gulf of Gemlik (SAD.104/9/1v-2); arrival at Mudanya and journey on
horseback to Broussa [Bursa] (SAD.104/9/2v-5); meeting with Mr Sandison, the English Consul (SAD.104/9/5-5v); climbing Mount Olympus (SAD.104/9/5v-7v); dinner with Mr Sandison and Dr and Mrs Temple (SAD.104/9/8); visit to the Pasha's mansion to make
arrangements for a trip to Isnic [Isnik] (SAD.104/9/8v-9); account by an Englishman, Mr Buck, of the difficulties of farming in Turkey (SAD.104/9/9-9v); discussion with a Greek guest at the hotel on British foreign policy (SAD.104/9/9v-10); trip to
Iznik, spending the night at an Armenian merchant's house at Yenischere [Yeniceri] and visiting his silk works (SAD.104/9/10-15); description of Iznik, including a visit to the local Kaimakam, accommodation with a Greek family, exploring local
churches and Roman ruins (SAD.104/9/15v-18v); visit to an ancient sarcophagus near Iznik (SAD.104/9/19-20); listening to the Kaimakam settling disputes in the local council (SAD.104/9/20-20v); travel from Iznik to Kara Mursal [Karamursel], stopping
en route at the house of a priest (SAD.104/9/21v-27v); ferry crossing back to Kadikoy (SAD.104/9/27v-28)
