Printed papers, tour diaries and reports relating to Manipur State and the Naga Hills collected by Christopher Gimson (1886-1975), Indian Civil service, Assam, 1911-47, Political Agent, Manipur from 1933, including report on Court of Enquiry and proceedings of the Manipur Commission for the trial of the members of the Manipur Ruling Family in 1891.
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Printed papers, tour diaries and reports relating to Manipur State and the Naga Hills collected by Christopher Gimson (1886-1975), Indian Civil Service, Assam 1911-47, Political Agent, Manipur from 1933, including report on Court of Enquiry and proceedings of the Manipur Commission for the trial ...
Manuscript of `Catalogue of the Sinhalese manuscripts in the India Office Library' by Dr D J Wijayaratne, University of Ceylon, published by the India Office Library and Records in 1981, with file of correspondence on the compilation of the catalogue.
Memorandum of Agreement, dated 20 Jun 1861, by the East India House Association to tender £155,000 for the purchase of East India House; with minutes of meeting of the Association on 22 Jun 1861.
Letter, dated 11 Jun 1781, from Lt (later Lt-Col) James Dalrymple (d 1800), Madras Army 1772-1800, to his mother, from Bangalore where he was held prisoner by Haidar Ali.
Miscellaneous papers of General Frederick Charles Maisey (1825-92), Bengal Army 1843, including notes on antiquities in Kalinjar and Burma; manuscripts in Devanagari; diaries or parts of diaries (1847-52; 1860-65); a 'Revised Archaeological Journal & Notes' (c1847-53); miscellaneous notes and...
Manuscript account of the journey of Sir Gore Ouseley's Embassy to Persia by William Price (1780-1830), oriental scholar, Acting Secretary and Interpreter to Embassy 1810-12, describing mainly the voyage via Brazil, Tristan da Cunha and Bombay. Fuller than relevant portion of Price's `Journal of ...
Papers of George Charles Farr (1848-1922), attorney and vakil of the High Court at Calcutta, and solicitor in England, comprising papers relating to clients' appeals to the Privy Council, wills and divorces
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Farr Collection: papers of George Charles Farr (1848-1922), attorney and vakil of the High Court at Calcutta, and solicitor in England, comprising case papers for Indian appeals to the Privy Council, and other papers relating to clients' legal affairs.
Papers of the Skelton and Pittman families, who served in the Madras and Bombay Armies, and the Madras Civil Service
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Skelton Collection: personal correspondence and papers of the Skelton and Pittman families including Capt Philip Pittman (1740-75), Madras Engineers 1770-75; Lt Gibbon Charles George Pittman (1773-98), Madras Engineers 1790-98; Lt-Gen John Skelton (1764-1841), Bombay Army 1782-1841, Lt-Gov of St ...