Letter book of George Gray (senior) (d 1781), Surgeon at Calcutta 1738-60, containing copies of letters written by him to correspondents in Bengal after his return to England.
Album containing originals and copies of letters by Gurney Turner (1813-48), Bengal Medical Service 1839-48, written from India to family and friends in England, together with copies of other family letters, sketches and notes on family history.
`Story of my life': manuscript memoir by John Beames (1837-1902), Bengal Civil Service 1858-93, of his family, early life, and career up to 1879 in Punjab, Bengal, Orissa and Chittagong, including some photographs, pencil sketches, and water colours. Published as `Memoirs of a Bengal Civilian' (L...
Papers of Sir Arthur Parsons, Indian Army and Indian Political Service
Scope & Content:
Parsons Collection: papers of Maj-Gen Sir Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons (1884-1966), Indian Army 1908, Indian Political Service 1919-39, Agent to the Governor-General in Baluchistan 1936-39, Acting Governor, NWFP 1939, mainly relating to North-West Frontier tribes and Frontier policy.
Letter book of Capt Robert Stewart (b 1746), Bengal Army 1770-84, including a statement of Stewart's outstanding concerns in India at the time of his leaving Bengal in 1784, with instructions to his attornies on their management.
Papers recording the arbitration of a dispute arising in Champaran between the Bettiah Raj estate and the Motihari Indigo Concern, conducted by (Sir) William Henry Hoare Vincent (1866-1941), Indian Civil Service 1887-1923, then Judicial Commisioner, Chota Nagpur.
Letter book No 4, dated 14 Oct 1869-20 Nov 1870, of Sir William Grey (1818-78), Bengal Civil Service 1840-71, as Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal 1867-71.