Contemporary copies (with typescript tanscripts) of miscellaneous correspondence of Gilbert Elliot-Murray- Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto (1751-1814), Governor-General of Bengal 1807-13, including letter from Sir John Malcolm on his mission to Persia (1808); and letters relating to the capture of ...
Patronage book containing recommendations for the patronage of David Scott (1746-1805), MP, East India Company Director, 1788-1802, Chairman 1796 and 1801.
Contract, dated 1 Sep 1858, between the East India Company and the Great Southern of India Railway Company, for the construction of a railway from Negapatam to Trichinopoly.
Precis of correspondence, dated July 1841-Feb 1842, of the Government of India with and concerning Afghanistan; made in about 1885 for Maj William Broadfoot when writing the life of his uncle Maj George Broadfoot (1807-45), Madras Army 1826-45, the defender of Jalalabad.
Diaries of Sir Arthur Hirtzel (1870-1937), India Office 1894-1930, Private Secretary to Secretary of State 1903-09, Permanent Under-Secretary 1924-30; with Index, and Press Cuttings Volume.
Scope & Content:
This fonds consists of four volumes of diaries of Sir Arthur Hirtzel, an index volume to the diaries, and a volume of related newspaper cuttings (and some other documents). The diaries cover the period 1906-1909, when Hirtzel was Private Secretary to Secretary of State for India, John Morley (Vi...
Miscellaneous papers and newspaper cuttings of Dr Peshoton Sorabji-Goolbai Dubash (b 1891), businessman and polymath, reflecting his interest in scientific subjects, religion (particularly Zoroastrianism), poetry, and international relations.
Papers of Maj William Lindsay, Bengal Army 1826-57, his wife Lillias, and the Lindsay family
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Letters and papers of and relating to Maj William Lindsay (1810-57), Bengal Army 1826-57, and other members of his family recording their lives in India and deaths at Cawnpore in the mutiny; also copies of memoirs of the Lindsay family, compiled c1975-78, by Sir Ronald Alexander Lindsay, 2nd Bart...
Journal, completed 1883, of Private William Atkinson, H.M. 67th (South Hampshire) Regiment, describing his life in the regiment, Dec 1878-Dec 1880, including their voyage to India and service during the Second Afghan War; also poems, songs and other miscellaneous writings.
`An account of his life', by Sir Alan Gerald Russell Henderson (1886-1963), Indian Civil Service, Bengal 1910-46; District and Sessions Judge 1921-32; Secretary, Judicial Dept, Government of Bengal 1932-33; Judge of the Calcutta High Court 1933-46.
Letter book, dated Oct 1817-Mar 1818, of Sir Evan Nepean, 1st Bart (1751-1822), Governor of Bombay 1812-19, containing copies of letters to the Chairman of the East India Company, and other correspondence and related documents, concerning the 3rd Maratha War (including eyewitness accounts of mili...