Correspondence regarding the campaign against Haidar Ali.
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p. 1. Note of Contents. 1, pp. 3-6 (23.5 x 18.5 cm.). Letter, dated Poonah, 8 October 1768, from Charles Broome to Joseph Smith, John Call, and George Mackay, Esqs. Copy. Sends information of Haidar Ali's communications with the Marathas; thinks it probable that the Marathas will break with the E...
Sale catalogue of the elegant and valuable Library of Robert Orme, Esq., F.A.S., sold by Leigh and Sotheby, 25 April 1796 and following days.
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So described in the 1811 catalogue. Item was no longer in the Orme Collection by 1916. There is a copy of this Catalogue in the British Museum, S.-C.S. 28 (10). The books sold numbered 2,175 and the total price obtained was £1,179 16s. 6d. The reason for the sale was that Orme was suffering from...
Mr Orme's Papers from Mr Mallet at Bombay. Relating to Sevagi.
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p. [i]. Endorsement as follows:- "Mr. Orme's Papers from Mr. Mallet at Bombay. Relating to Sevagi." 1, pp. 1-12 (22.5 x 18.5 cm.). Extracts from the Wukaea Sunoat, or yearly events of the reign of Sha Jehan, relative to Saou, the father of Sewagee, Founder of the Mahratta Empire. Signed, C. W. Ma...
List of Contents at the beginning.1 (34.5 x 50 cm.). Skeleton Map of Bengal and Northern Indostan for Orme's History. Engraved by Baillie, 1773. 2 (36.5 x 47 cm.). Skeleton of a Map of Bengal, for Orme's History. Engraved by Thos. Kitchin. See 222. 143. 3 (25 x 41 cm.). Plan for the intelligence ...
List of Contents at the beginning.1 (21.5 x 35 cm.). A chart from Point Calymere to Tondi, laid down from Remarks and Observations made on board the Snow "Neptune" in 1763 and 1764. J. Rennell, 1764. Manuscript. Possibly an original. James Rennell, the Geographer, commanded the Neptune at this ti...
This is the only existing volume of a set of eleven volumes, the contents of which are given at 134.16, and XVII. 47. List of Contents at the beginning.1 (28.5 x 38 cm.). March from the Ramnah House to Jehanguir. Made by the army under Major Martin Yorke in 1761. Manuscript. 2 (25 x 21.5 cm.). Su...
List of Contents at the beginning.1 (22 x 36.5 cm.). A plan of Chetupet. Captured by Col. Eyre Coote 29 Jan. 1760. Manuscript. 2 (34 x 41 cm.). Plan of Darampury with the atttack. No date. Manuscript. 3 (41 x 36 cm.). Plan of Tiruvambore, near Madura, with the attack. No date. Manuscript. 4 (34.5...
List of Contents at the beginning.1 (15 x 22.5 cm.) Not named, but a Proof of a Plan of Colar, see Dalrymple's Oriental Repertory, I. at end. 2 (30.5 x 31.5 cm.). Not named. Apparently a first proof. 3 (55 x 42 cm.). A Draught of the march of the army under General Smith in the Campaign of the mo...