Papers of John Keith Stanford, Indian Civil Service, Burma 1919-38, Administrator of Government Estates 1931-32
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Papers of John Keith Stanford (1892-1971), Indian Civil Service, Burma 1919-38, Administrator of Government Estates 1931-32, comprising printed notes by Stanford on the Government Estates Department, Burma, recommending its abolition (Sep 1932), letter books containing copies of his demi-official...
Certificate, dated 12 Sep 1787, signed by John Hyde (1737?-96), Judge of Supreme Court, Calcutta 1774-96, certifying affidavit (not extant) by William Hickey (b 1749), attorney in India 1777-1808.
Memorial (incomplete) to the King from William Monson, late second in Council at Madras, on behalf of himself and Nicholas Morse (1700-72), Governor of Madras 1744-46, concerning their losses arising from the occupation of Madras by the French in 1746.
Letter (nd) in German with Indian translation from Count Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg (1856-1921), German Chancellor 1909-17, to the Nizam of Hyderabad, encouraging opposition to British rule in India and advocating the German view of the 1st World War.
Letter, dated 15 Aug 1818, received by Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), from Vencatasammy, son of his former butler, asking for a recommendation to enable him to find employment as a writer.
Degree of Honour, dated 23 Oct 1843, presented to Walter Scott Seton-Karr, Indian Civil Service, Bengal 1842-70, by the Cottage of Fort William in Bengal for `eminent proficiency in the Bengalee language'.
`History of the Chin Hills Battalion Military Police': manuscript official record of services maintained by the Battalion from shortly after its formation in 1894 to 1949, with addenda 1950-53.
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`History of the Chin Hills Battalion Military Police': manuscript official record of services maintained by the Battalion from shortly after its formation in 1894 to 1949, with addenda 1950-53.
Papers of Sir Maurice Hallett, chiefly as Governor of Bihar 1937-39 and Governor of United Provinces 1939-45
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Hallett Collection: official papers and correspondence of Sir Maurice Garnier Hallett (1883-1969), Indian Civil Service 1907-45; Secretary, Home Dept, Government of India 1932-36, Governor of Bihar 1937-39, Governor of United Provinces 1939-45.
Papers of Sir John Clague, Indian Civil Service, Burma 1906-37; Adviser to Secretary of State for Burma 1937-42; attached to Burma Information Office 1942-48
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Clague Collection: correspondence and papers of Sir John Clague (1882-1958), Indian Civil Service, Burma 1906-37, Commissioner of the Federated Shan States 1931-37, Adviser to Secretary of State for Burma 1937-42, attached to Information Dept, Burma Office 1942-48; including material relating to...
Papers of Sir Frank Herbert Brown (1868 -1959), journalist, assistant editor of the Bombay Gazette, editor of the Indian Daily Telegraph, London Correspondent of the Times of India, and member of the editorial staff of The Times 1929-54
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Frank Herbert Brown (1868-1959), journalist in India, later London correspondent of 'Times of India'; editorial staff of `The Times' 1929-54 for Indian and Eastern affairs.