Letter, dated 12 Aug 1861, from former East India Company servant commenting on stringency of examination qualifications required by Government for its prospective servants in India as compared with the old East India Company.
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Letter, dated 12 Aug 1861, from former East India Company servant commenting on stringency of examination qualifications required by Government for its prospective servants in India as compared with the old East India Company.
Letter, dated 18 Sep 1843, from Ensign (later Maj-Gen) John Frederick Lester, Bombay Army 1842-77, to Walter Shirley, a schoolfriend at Rugby, on his language studies, his Christian faith, and the beautiful scenery at Bombay.
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Letter, dated 18 Sep 1843, from Ensign (later Maj-Gen) John Frederick Lester, Bombay Army 1842-77, to Walter Shirley, a schoolfriend at Rugby, on his language studies, his Christian faith, and the beautiful scenery at Bombay.
Printed 'Note on the Country which would be traversed by a direct line of Railway connecting Calcutta with Nagpore, including a branch to Orissa' by Valentine Ball (d 1895), geologist.
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Printed 'Note on the Country which would be traversed by a direct line of Railway connecting Calcutta with Nagpore, including a branch to Orissa' by Valentine Ball (d 1895), geologist.
Edited transcript by Ian Melville Stephens (1903-84), on staff of 'Statesman' from 1937 and editor 1943-51, of talk with Edward Lyttelton, Cambridge undergraduate, and Virginia Forbes, doing voluntary service overseas, on their experiences in Kashmir in August 1964, with supplementary extracts from letters 1965.
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Edited transcript by Ian Melville Stephens (1903-84), on staff of 'Statesman' from 1937 and editor 1943-51, of talk with Edward Lyttelton, Cambridge undergraduate, and Virginia Forbes, doing voluntary service overseas, on their experiences in Kashmir in August 1964, with supplementary extracts fr...
Leaflet, dated 4 Jun 1826, by M Logan criticizing system of buoys designed by Andrew Waddell currently in use at the Sand Heads at the entrance to the Ganges, and recommending 'Marine and Reporting Spire Buoys'.
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Leaflet, dated 4 Jun 1826, by M Logan criticizing system of buoys designed by Andrew Waddell currently in use at the Sand Heads at the entrance to the Ganges, and recommending 'Marine and Reporting Spire Buoys'.
Three letters from Korosi Sandor Csoma (1784-1842), oriental scholar, to James Gilbert Gerard (1795-1835), Bengal Medical Service 1814-35, traveller in Central Asia, and eight letters from Gerard to various persons.
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Three letters from Korosi Sandor Csoma (1784-1842), oriental scholar, to James Gilbert Gerard (1795-1835), Bengal Medical Service 1814-35, traveller in Central Asia, and eight letters from Gerard to various persons.