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1. Add MS 78933 A-F

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Add MS 78933 A-F
Title:
TOPOGRAPHICAL VIEWS BY EBENEZER WAKE COOK; 1865-1907, n.d
Scope & Content:
78933. Cook (b.1844, d.1926), born in England and brought to Melbourne in 1852, was commissioned by Prince Albert to undertake a series of voyages around Victoria and New Zealand with the aim of producing images for engravings. He studied at the National Gallery of Victoria’s School of Design f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1865-1907
Extent:
6 items

2. IOR Neg 11689

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IOR Neg 11689
Title:
William Bruce papers.
Scope & Content:
Diary of Capt William Bruce, Resident at Bushire 1808-22, of his mission to the Imam of Senna at Mocha, including copies of official correspondence.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1820-1821
Extent:
1 reel

3. IOR Neg 11691-94

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR Neg 11691-94
Title:
Papers of Field Marshal 1st Viscount Hardinge, Governor-General of India 1844-48
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers of Lt-Gen (later Field Marshal) Sir Henry Hardinge (1785-1856), 1st Viscount Hardinge of Lahore, British Army from 1799, Governor-General of India 1844-48, chiefly relating to military operations (notably the 1st Sikh War) and administration in India.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1830-1848
Extent:
4 reels

4. Mss Eur B369

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Mss Eur B369
Title:
Journals of Thomas Machell (1824-62), traveller and planter
Scope & Content:
Journals of Thomas Machell (1824-62), midshipman in merchant navy 1840-45; assistant manager, indigo estates, Bengal 1846-52; later manager of coffee plantation, Wynaad, Madras; recording his experiences at sea, and life and travels in India.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1840-1856
Extent:
5 volumes

5. Mss Eur C209

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Mss Eur C209
Title:
Charles Lyall papers
Scope & Content:
Diaries of Charles Lyall, banker, father of Sir Charles James Lyall (1845-1920), Indian Civil Service 1867-98, describing his life in India as a partner in Lyall, Matheson & Co, and in Britain after his return there in 1842.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1828-1889
Extent:
68 volumes

6. Mss Eur C376

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Mss Eur C376
Title:
Family correspondence of William Wonnacott, schoolmaster with British Army regiment in India, and his wife Emily
Scope & Content:
Wonnacott Collection: family correspondence, with typescript transcripts, of William Wonnacott (1841-78), schoolmaster 1/8th King's Regiment, British Army, and of his wife Emily Louisa (nee Short, d 1871), chiefly comprising letters home to parents and children describing conditions of army life ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1865-1878
Extent:
6 items

7. Mss Eur C382

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C382
Title:
Thomas Huskisson papers.
Scope & Content:
Typescript copy of memoir, dated 1836, of Capt Thomas Huskisson (1784-1844), Royal Navy 1800-1844, describing his life in the Navy, including details of voyages to Egypt, Calcutta and Madras, and an eye-witness account of the Battle of Trafalgar 1805.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1800-1808
Extent:
1 volume

8. Mss Eur D616

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Mss Eur D616
Title:
Robert Mignan papers.
Scope & Content:
`A Short Camp Residence in the valley of Aden exhibiting an outline of its present aspect and condition', by Capt Robert Mignan, 1st Bombay European Regiment.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1840
Extent:
22 folios

9. Mss Eur D726

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D726
Title:
Papers of Sir Philip Wodehouse as Governor of Bombay 1872-77
Scope & Content:
`Wodehouse Collection': papers of Sir Philip Edmond Wodehouse (1811-87) as Governor of Bombay 1872-77.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1872-1877
Extent:
21 items

10. Mss Eur D995

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D995
Title:
Letters home to his mother, sisters and brothers from Maj-Gen James Archibald Douglas (1862-1932), Indian Army 1885-1920; also two memorabilia of the Delhi Durbar, 1911, of his brother Col Walter Binny Douglas (1868-1939), Indian Army 1892-1921; including a book entitled A Sketch of the Services of the Bengal Native Army to the Year 1895 by Lt F. G. Cardew. [Photograph albums of the Douglas family have been transferred to Prints, Drawings & Photographs].
Scope & Content:
Letters home to his mother, sisters and brother from Maj-Gen James Archibald Douglas (1862-1932), Indian Army 1885-1920; also two memorabilia of the Delhi Durbar 1911, of his brother Col Walter Binny Douglas (1868-1939), Indian Army 1892-192; also, book entitled "A Sketch Of the Services Of The B...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1897-1942
Extent:
5 items