(1) Unpublished sources
Bible Society Archives and Library (Cambridge Univ. Library, UK):
- Jowett, William (d. 1855), Anglican missionary: 78 letters from Malta and England 1816‒36. [Ref Code: GBR/0374/BFBS/BSAX/1/J]
- Burckhardt, Christoph (d. 1818), Rev. from Basel: 3 letters from Malta and Egypt 1818 [Ref Code: GBR/0374/BFBS/BSAX/1/B].
- Salt, Henry (1780-1827), British Consul-General: letter from Cairo 1817. [Ref Code: GBR/0374/BFBS/BSAX/1/S]
- Thomas Pell Platt’s History of BFBS translation work, 1827 ‒ 1846-05. [Ref Code: GBR/0374/BFBS/BSA/E3/8/1]
Royal Asiatic Society Archives (London, UK):
- Papers of Sir William Jones and Lady Anna Maria (Shipley) Jones. [Ref Code: GB 891 WJ]
British Library, Manuscript Collection (London, UK):
- Henry Salt: Correspondence and papers, 1805‒17. [Ref.: Add MSS 19338, 19419-20, 19343, 54195]
Yale Center of British Art
- James Bruce Archive: The archive includes, among others, correspondence, handwritten writings or notes, maps and diaries [Call number: MSS 68; cf. Murray, Account of the Life and Writings of James Bruce (Edinburgh 1808), p. 294‒95]
Archives in Ethiopia / Jerusalem / Syria / Armenia / India (?)
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(2) Published sources (18th and 19th century)
Annesley, George [2nd Earl of Mountnorris; styled Viscount Valentia]. Voyages and Travels to India, Ceylon, The Red Sea, Abyssinia, and Egpyt in the Years 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805, and 1806 by George, Viscount Valentia. Vol. 3. London: W. Miller, 1809. [Contains numerous narratives by his secretary in Abyssinia, Henry Salt; HathiTrust]
Antes, John. Observations on the Manners and Customs of the Egyptians, the Overflowing of the Nile and Its Effects; with Remarks on the Plague, and Other Subjects. Written During a Residence of Twelve Years in Cairo and Its Vicinity. London: Stockdale, 1800. [Google Book]
BFPS: Report of the British and Foreign Bible Society. Excerpts, 1805-50. [View online]
Isenberg, Charles William [i.e. Karl Wilhelm]. Dictionary of the Amharic Language: Amharic and English, and English and Amharic. London: R. Watts [for the CMS], 1841. [See p. iii; Digitale Sammlungen]
Jones, William. “A Conversation with Abram, an Abyssinian, Concerning the City of Gwender and the Sources of the Nile” and “The Course of the Nile”, Asiatick Researches [Bengal] 1 (1788): 383‒86; 387‒88. [View online]
Jowett, William. Christian Researches in the Mediterranean, from 1815-1820: In furtherance of the objects of the Church Missionary Society. London: Seeley and Hatchard, 1822. [See p. 198‒203; view online]
Owen, John. The History of the Origin and First Ten Years of the British and Foreign Bible Society. Vol. 3. London: R. Watts, 1820. [On Abraham, see p. 480; Google Books]
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Dehérain, Henri. “Asselin de Cherville: drogman du consulat de France en Égypte et orientaliste”, Journal des Savants (1916): 176‒187, 223‒231. [See pp. 183‒86; view online (Persée)]
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—. “Armenians”, in Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, vol. 1, ed. S. Uhlig, p. 344‒47. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2003.
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