'Towards Universal Man': cyclostyled typescript of essays by Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), collected and translated by members of the Tagore Society, a selection of which was published under the same title in 1961.
Letter, dated 30 Sep 1845, received from Rev John McQueen, Secretary of the Military Orphan Society, by Ensign (later Maj-Gen) James Thomas Norgate (b 1824), Bengal Army 1843-80, regarding the latter's private property; also copy (1855) of his baptismal entry.
Correspondence and papers of or relating to Sir Basil Phillott Blackett (1882-1935), Finance Member of Viceroy's Executive Council 1923-28, regarding Blackett's controversy with the India Office on the question of remittance of funds from India, his leakage of information thereon, and the scrappi...
Printed signed copy of letter, dated May 1928, from Sir Leslie Orme Wilson (1876-1956), Governor of Bombay 1923-28, to Sir John Simon, Chairman of Indian Statutory Commission 1927-30, giving his personal views on the political situation in the Bombay Presidency and on the future.
Three letter books of John Fullerton, purser of the `Prince George' trading from Bengal to Jidda 1723-27, Director of South Sea Company, containing copies of his letters concerning the affairs of the East India and South Sea Companies, trading and financial matters, and family and social life.
`The Poems of the Pathan Poet Khushhal Khan, Khatak', translated from the original Pashtu by Evelyn Howell and Olaf Caroe: cyclostyled draft of work published as `Poems of Khushhal Khan' (1963).
Papers of the Marquess of Hartington (later 8th Duke of Devonshire) as Under-Secretary, War Office 1863-66; Chief Secretary for Ireland 1870-74; Secretary of State for India 1880-82; Secretary of State for War 1882-85
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Hartington Collection: papers of Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquis of Hartington (later 8th Duke of Devonshire) (1833- 1908), Under-Secretary, War Office 1863-66, Chief Secretary for Ireland 1870-74; Secretary of State for India 1880-82, Secret ary of State for War 1882-85, comprising six volume...
Private correspondence of General Sir Henry Seymour Rawlinson (2nd Bart), Baron Rawlinson (1864-1925), British Army 1884-1925, C-in-C, India 1920-25, with the Earl of Derby (1865-1948), Secretary of State for War 1916-18 and 1922-24, on military administration and the political situation in India...
`Memoire pur la Famille Dupleix contre la Campagnie des Indes': manuscript memorial addressed to the French King and his Council on behalf of the widow of the Marquis Joseph Francis Dupleix (1697-1764), Governor-General of the French possessions in India 1742-54, pressing claims for reimbursement...