Typed copies of correspondence of Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive (1725-74), as Governor of Bengal 1765-67, comprising letters to Harry Verelst on the mutiny of army officers in 1766 and other matters.
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Typed copies of correspondence of Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive (1725-74), as Governor of Bengal 1765-67, comprising letters to Harry Verelst on the mutiny of army officers in 1766 and other matters.
`Memorie wegens den Toestand der Souratse Directive...': copy of memoir in Dutch by Christiaan Lodewijk Senff, Director at Surat 1763-68, containing information on relations between the Surat Directory and the Bombay Government and related correspondence.
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`Memorie wegens den Toestand der Souratse Directive...': copy of memoir in Dutch by Christiaan Lodewijk Senff, Director at Surat 1763-68, containing information on relations between the Surat Directory and the Bombay Government and related correspondence.
Letter, dated 9 June 1732, from Daniel Bayley, guardian of the young Robert Clive, to the Rev King, referring to Clive's addiction to fighting. (Printed in Sir J Malcolm, `The Life of Robert, Lord Clive' (London 1836), vol.1, pp.32-33).
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Letter, dated 9 June 1732, from Daniel Bayley, guardian of the young Robert Clive, to the Rev King, referring to Clive's addiction to fighting. (Printed in Sir J Malcolm, `The Life of Robert, Lord Clive' (London 1836), vol.1, pp.32-33).
Letter book, dated 1810 and 1819-20, possibly of Charles Marsh, barrister and King's Advocate in the Admiralty Court, Madras, including copies of letters to Holt Mackenzie and Sir Stamford Raffles on Singapore and Pulo Nias (1819-20), and of a letter relating to the trial of officers involved in events at Seringapatam (1810).
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Letter book, dated 1810 and 1819-20, possibly of Charles Marsh, barrister and King's Advocate in the Admiralty Court, Madras, including copies of letters to Holt Mackenzie and Sir Stamford Raffles on Singapore and Pulo Nias (1819-20), and of a letter relating to the trial of officers involved in ...
`Translation of the Hedaya or Guide, a Compendium of the Mahommedan Laws': part of the manuscript of the English translation by Lt Charles Hamilton (c1753-92), Bengal Army 1776-86, published as `The Hedaya, or Guide, A commentary on the Mussalman Laws. Translated by order of the Governor General & Council of Bengal' (London 1791).
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`Translation of the Hedaya or Guide, a Compendium of the Mahommedan Laws': part of the manuscript of the English translation by Lt Charles Hamilton (c1753-92), Bengal Army 1776-86, published as `The Hedaya, or Guide, A commentary on the Mussalman Laws. Translated by order of the Governor General ...
Wilks Collection: copies of East India Company documents including Court Minutes, Proceedings of the House of Commons, and material relating to China, Japan, Persia and elsewhere, transcribed and compiled c1787-1806, by Thomas Wilks and his successors as Register (sc Registrar) of Indian Records at India House.
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Wilks Collection: copies of East India Company documents including Court Minutes, Proceedings of the House of Commons, and material relating to China, Japan, Persia and elsewhere, transcribed and compiled c1787-1806, by Thomas Wilks and his successors as Register (sc Registrar) of Indian Records ...
`Geographical Observations on the Peninsula of India, etc', by Capt (later Lt-Gen) Alexander Beatson (1759-1830), Madras Army 1776-1813, compiled while serving in the Corps of Guides and containing measurements, views, sketches and other information on the Coromandel Coast and in south India.
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`Geographical Observations on the Peninsula of India, etc', by Capt (later Lt-Gen) Alexander Beatson (1759-1830), Madras Army 1776-1813, compiled while serving in the Corps of Guides and containing measurements, views, sketches and other information on the Coromandel Coast and in south India.
Roxburgh Collection: botanical descriptions, and associated papers of, or relating to, William Roxburgh (1751-1815), Madras Medical Service 1776, in charge of Botanic Garden, Samalkot and East India Company's botanist in the Carnatic 1781-93, Superintendent of the Botanic Gardens, Calcutta 1793-1813.
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Roxburgh Collection: botanical descriptions, and associated papers of, or relating to, William Roxburgh (1751-1815), Madras Medical Service 1776, in charge of Botanic Garden, Samalkot and East India Company's botanist in the Carnatic 1781-93, Superintendent of the Botanic Gardens, Calcutta 1793-1...
Proceedings, dated 5 May-4 Jun 1797, of a political club formed at Seringapatam under the presidency of Francois Ripaud by a group of fifty-nine French citizens in the pay of Tipu Sultan.
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Proceedings, dated 5 May-4 Jun 1797, of a political club formed at Seringapatam under the presidency of Francois Ripaud by a group of fifty-nine French citizens in the pay of Tipu Sultan.