Letters and papers of and relating to John Grose (c1744-71), East India Company servant, Bengal 1763-71, Supervisor at Rangpur 1770-71, chiefly comprising letters to members of his family, and including references to events and social life in Bengal, and private trade; also accounts of the sale ...
Miscellaneous legal documents: (a) copy and abstract of will of Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive (1773) with legal opinions thereon (1775); (b) transactions among Henry Williams, James Keighley and others concerning India stock, and assets in India (1790,1819); (c) Probate of will of Robert Wood, Madras (1793); (d) trans- actions among Alexander Rogers, Thomas Bracken, Arthur Pittar, Henry and Mary Henderson, concerning assets in Bengal (1840).
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Miscellaneous legal documents: (a) copy and abstract of will of Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive (1773) with legal opinions thereon (1775); (b) transactions among Henry Williams, James Keighley and others concerning India stock, and assets in India (1790,1819); (c) Probate of will of Robert Wood, M...
Copies of logs kept by Thomas Arnoll Davis of his voyages in the East India Company's maritime service [References to Captain's logs in India Office Records given in square brackets]
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Copies of logs kept by Thomas Arnoll Davis (1794-1831), East India Company maritime service 1809-28, of nine voyages which he made in three East Indiamen (`David Scott', `Astell', and `Warren Hastings') rising from midshipman to First Officer (1822).
Case book of William Chambers (1748-93), East India Company servant, Madras 1765-93, Persian interpreter to the Supreme Court of Bengal 1776-92, containing copies of depositions in Persian and Bengali, with English translations.
Catalogue of hostile oriental propaganda pamphlets (old edition, undated), abstracts of some of the pamphlets (1914-1918), translations of the `Ghadr' (1915-1917), and a catalogue of hostile oriental propaganda pamphlets (new series, Jul 1919) compiled by M.I.5.
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Catalogue of hostile oriental propaganda pamphlets (old edition, undated), abstracts of some of the pamphlets (1914-1918), translations of the `Ghadr' (1915-1917), and a catalogue of hostile oriental propaganda pamphlets (new series, Jul 1919) compiled by M.I.5.
Papers of Col Sir Edward Sladen, Madras Army 1849, British Burma Commission 1856-86
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Sladen Collection: official, demi-official and private papers, correspondence and photographs of Col Sir Edward Bosc Sladen (1827-90), Madras Army 1849, British Burma Commission 1856-86, Agent at Mandalay 1865-69, Chief Civil Officer to the Burma Expeditionary Force 1885 and Chief Political Offic...
Anonymous journal, dated Mar-Sep 1773, in the form of letters addressed to Charles Maynard, 1st Viscount Maynard (c1690-1766), of a voyage from Portsmouth to Madras on the East Indiaman `Harcourt', illustrated with nine pen and ink drawings and one watercolour.
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Journal of surgeon Busick Harwood, dated Mar-Sep 1773, in the form of letters addressed to Charles Maynard, 1st Viscount Maynard (c1690-1766), of a voyage from Portsmouth to Madras on the East Indiaman `Harcourt', illustrated with nine pen and ink drawings and one watercolour.
Papers of Sir John Willoughby, Bombay Civil Service 1817-51; East India Company Director 1854-58; Member of Council of India 1858-66
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Willoughby Collection: papers of Sir John Pollard Willoughby, 4th Bart (1798-1866), Bombay Civil Service 1817-51; Assistant at Baroda 1820-28; Political Agent, Kathiawar 1828-35; Secretary, Bombay Government 1836-46; Member, Bombay Council 1846-51; East India Company Director 1854-58; Member, Co...
Papers of Sir Cecil Kisch (1884-1961), India Office official 1908-46
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Papers of Sir Cecil Hermann Kisch (1884-1961), India Office official 1908-46, chiefly comprising correspondence concerning the publication of his books `Central Banks' (1928) and `The Portuguese Bank Note Case' (1932), and family financial papers (some relating to shares in Indian companies); als...