Volume of manuscript and printed minutes, notes and correspondence compiled by Sir (Thomas) Erskine Perry (1806-82), as Member of the Council of India 1859-82.
Letter, dated 28 Sep 1844, from Lt-Gen Sir Charles James Napier (1782-1853), British Army 1794, C-in-C, India 1849-50, written when Governor of Sind 1842-47, to Maj Vassall, 78th Highland- ers, concerning the punishment of camel thieves on march from Karachi to Sukkur; also fragment of letter to ...
Letter, dated 14 Sep 1783, from Abraham Caldecott, Bengal Civil Service 1781-1802, Accountant-General 1793-1802, to Miss Pettet of Dartford, Kent, describing the Indian people especially their religious customs, and the Indian climate and food.
Letter, dated Bangalore 26 Apr 1820, from Capt (later Lt-Gen) Allen Thomas Maclean (1791-1868), 13th Light Dragoons, to Capt Bacon, 13 Light Dragoons, on buying and selling horses and his financial situation.
Papers of Sir Horatio George Walpole, India Office official; Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for India 1874-80
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Papers of Sir Horatio George Walpole (1843-1923), India Office 1862-1907, Assistant Under-Secretary of State for India 1883-1907, chiefly comprising letters and papers as Private Secretary to the Marquess of Salisbury and Viscount Cranbrook successively Secretaries of State for India 1874-78 and ...
Account by Capt Thomas Bowrey (c1650-1713), sailing master and free merchant in India 1669-88, describing his experiences in Bengal, Madras, Ceylon and the Malay archipelago. Published by Sir R C Temple in `Hakluyt Society', ser ii, vol xii (1903-05).
Letters, scrapbooks and photographs of Sir Charles Monro, C-in-C, India 1916-20, and Lady Monro
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Monro Collection: papers of General Sir Charles Carmichael Monro (1860-1929), British Army 1879, mainly comprising letters, scrapbooks and photographs compiled by himself and Lady Monro, while he was serving as C-in-C, India 1916-20.
`The Northwest Frontier of India': manuscript draft of lecture or article (c1919-20), including an account of an operation against the Mohmands at Shabkadar, 1915, by Maj-Gen Lionel Charles Dunsterville (1865-1945), Indian Army 1884-1919, and the original of Kipling's `Stalky'.