Copies of papers of Lt-Gen Sir Hugh (later Field Marshal 1st Viscount) Gough (1779-1869), commanding the expeditionary force at Canton 1841-42, chiefly relating to a projected advance up the Peiho river towards Peking.
Correspondence and papers of Lt-Gen Sir Jasper Nicolls (1778-1849), British Army 1793, C-in-C, India 1839-43, on matters concerning the British force at Kabul including the conduct of Capt Besant, Bengal Army, and the movement of troops to and from Afghanistan; including letters from the C-in-C a...
`The East India Trade in the 17th century, in its politico- economic aspects': cyclostyled copy of Litt.D thesis by Sir Shafaat Ahmad Khan (1893-1947), later published under that title in slightly modified form (OUP 1923).
`The Lay of the Karachi Organ': typescript copy of poem by Sir Maxwell Melvill (1834-87), Bombay Civil Service 1855-87, published in 1866 for the benefit of the original organ fund and reprinted for the new organ fund.
`The true History of His Highness Meer Ali Murad', Part I: unsigned, undated and incomplete account of Ali Murad Khan, Mir of Khairpur (1815-94). Dated as: no date
Typescript copy of book by Peter Gordon, `The Oriental Repository at the India House' (London 1835) containing a list of items in the repository, comments on its inefficiency, and a letter, dated 3 Jul 1835, from the Company to Gordon banning him from admission to the Library and Museum.
Papers of George Rusby Kaye, employed to catalogue European Manuscripts of India Office Library
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Papers of George Rusby Kaye (1866-1929), Education Dept, Government of India 1899-1923, chiefly relating to his catalogue of the `Minor Collections and Miscellaneous Manuscripts' in the India Office Library (London 1937), including papers on the question whether Sir Philip Francis was the author ...