Bibliographic Details
Main Creator:	Crooks, John Joseph
Summary:	Volume includes letters of appointment, travel passes, memorial cards, administration letters and various newspaper cuttings. Material relating to the Third Anglo-Ashanti War of 1873-4, a Justice of the Peace indenture, Royal Humane Society testimonial award letters, printed gazette and proclamation notices and information on a local peace treaty are also pasted into the volume.
Format:	Manuscript
Language:	English
Subjects:	Crooks, John Joseph British army > Africa > 19th century Irish > Africa > 19th century Africa > Politics and government > 19th century Africa > Social life and customs > 19th century Africa > History > 19th century.
Notes:	J. J. Crooks was born in Queen's County [Laois] in 1842. He was educated at the Royal Hibernian Military School, Dublin where he stayed until 1857 when he enlisted in the British Army. After serving during the third Anglo-Ashanti War he was appointed to the Colonial Service rising to become administrator of Sierra Leone. After retirement he returned to Dublin writing a number of historical books, while living at Brighton Road, Rathgar where he died on 9 September 1928. Physical description: 1 bound volume more
Arrangement:	Fonds