Copies of General Orders, dated 30 Jan-27 Jun 1799, issued daily from Army Headquarters during the 4th Mysore War; also including General Orders issued by Government.
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Copies of General Orders, dated 30 Jan-27 Jun 1799, issued daily from Army Headquarters during the 4th Mysore War; also including General Orders issued by Government.
Letter book, dated 1672-79, of Isaac Lawrence (1639-79), East India merchant 1677-79, and letter book, dated 1659-96, of his brother William, with volume of manuscript transcripts.
Letter, dated 26 Mar 1874, from Lt-Col (later Maj-Gen) Charles Herbert (1820-97), Bengal Army 1841-78, Political Agent at Baghdad 1868-74, to Redif Pasha, Governor-General, Baghdad, thanking him for help with the transport of a gun to Persia.
Memoir, dated 1980, by Peter Murray (b 1915), Burma Civil Service 1938-49, on `North Arakan 1942', detailing the collapse of British Administration in the area, with a brief historical introduction and a short account of subsequent events; also office stamp British Military Administration, Burma,...
Papers of Walter Lupton, Indian Civil Service, United Provinces 1895-1920
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Papers of Walter James Edwin Lupton (1871-1955), Indian Civil Service, United Provinces 1895-1920, Secretary of the Oxfordshire Division Medical War Committee 1939-47, comprising an autobiographical memoir, correspondence and official reports including material on revenue settlements in Mainpuri ...
Papers of David Pearson (alias Donald Brown), Head Jailor of the Calcutta Great Jail and Keeper of the House of Correction 1824-34
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Pearson Collection: papers of David Pearson (c1774-1840), formerly known as Donald Brown, Head Jailor of the Calcutta Great Jail and Keeper of the House of Correction 1824-34, including jail accounts, lists of released prisoners, personal papers, and papers relating to his and his sisters' estates.
Papers relating to Archibald Edward Gough (1845-1915), Educational Service, North-Western Provinces 1868-95, Anglo-Sanskrit Professor, Benares College 1868-78, including manuscript biography by his father A D Gough.
Photographs of cartoons in the Government Rest House, Parachinar, North-West Frontier Province, consisting of an illustrated map of the Kurram Valley by Walter Hugh Crichton (b 1896), Indian Medical Service 1924-47, and two mock coats of arms, with related material.
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Photographs of cartoons in the Government Rest House, Parachinar, North-West Frontier Province, consisting of an illustrated map of the Kurram Valley by Walter Hugh Crichton (b 1896), Indian Medical Service 1924-47, and two mock coats of arms, with related material.
Papers of General Sir Walter Kirke, British Army 1896-1940; Commandant, Bhamo Battalion, Burma Military Police 1902-11; Deputy Chief of the General Staff, India 1926-29
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Kirke Collection: letters and papers of General Sir Walter Mervyn St George Kirke (1877-1949), British Army 1896-1940, including papers as Commandant, Bhamo Battalion, Burma Military Police 1902-11, and Deputy Chief of the General Staff, India 1926-29.