Sam Browne Collection: miscellaneous papers, dated mainly 1853-1901, of General Sir Samuel James Browne (1824-1901)
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Letters, papers and photograph albums of General Sir Samuel James Browne (1824-1901), Bengal Army 1840-1879, Military Member of Supreme Council 1878, Commander Peshawar Field Foce, Afghan War 1878-79, and of his son Col Sherwood Dighton Browne (1842-1947), British Army 1882-1919 and of members of...
'Captain Hogan, sailor, merchant, diplomat on six continents' (2003) published by Michael H Styles and 'Michael Hogan family papers': transcripts of documents, dated 1791-1908 used in the book, relating to Captain Michael Hogan (1766-1833), shipowner, trading between Europe and India 1790-1795
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'Captain Hogan, sailor, merchant, diplomat on six continents' (2003) published by Michael H Styles and 'Michael Hogan family papers': transcripts of documents, dated 1791-1908 used in the book, relating to Captain Michael Hogan (1766-1833), shipowner, trading between Europe and India 1790-1795
Journal compiled by seaman William Davenport Crawley (d.1850) of the voyage of East India Company ship Ceres from Madras to China and from China to England Sep 1797 to Nov 1798.
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Includes entries copied from the ship's journal with his own notes, poems, sketches and some unconnected familiy letters dating from c.1804.
Various folios originating from the private trade account books of Captain John Lloyd, Commander, East India Company ship Manship, on her voyage of 1791-92, relating to transactions in Calcutta, Bengal and Fort-St-George, including lists of the Captain's permitted private trade goods and their values.
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Various folios originating from the private trade account books of Captain John Lloyd, Commander, East India Company ship Manship, on her voyage of 1791-92, relating to transactions in Calcutta, Bengal and Fort-St-George, including lists of the Captain's permitted private trade goods and their va...
Diary, containing entries for Jan-Jul 1814, Feb-Dec 1815, of Sarah Rosalie Robinson (nee Chorley) (1784-1818), wife of James Robinson (1785-1819), Assistant-Surgeon, Bengal Army (1807-19) and Superintendent of Insane Hospital Calcutta (1818-19), describing life at Secrole station near Benares; inlcuding extracts of Indian mythology, history and poetry; also a watercolour drawing of their house at Secrole and a letter from Rev Thomas Thomason to her sister in Liverpool breaking the news of he...
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Diary, containing entries for Jan-Jul 1814, Feb-Dec 1815, of Sarah Rosalie Robinson (nee Chorley) (1784-1818), wife of James Robinson (1785-1819), Assistant-Surgeon, Bengal Army (1807-19) and Superintendent of Insane Hospital Calcutta (1818-19), describing life at Secrole station near Benares; i...
Writ of Exchequer at Westminster, Commission and interrogatories concerning Ann and Henry Evans, children of the late Major Henry Evans, East India Company Service, Madras
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Writ of Exchequer at Westminster, Commission and interrogatories concerning Ann and Henry Evans, children of the late Major Henry Evans, East India Company Service, Madras
Letters from Bertram Percy Portal (1866-1949), 17th Lancers, ADC to Sir Arthur Havelock, Governor of Madras 1896-98, to his mother, Mary (nee Hicks-Beech), wife of Sir Wyndham Portal
Papers of Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville (1771-1851) President of the Board of Control, 1807-09 and 1809-12, including memoranda and intelligence dated 1807, concerning the East India Company's wish to annex Delagoa Bay and Mozambique
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Papers of Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville (1771-1851) President of the Board of Control, 1807-09 and 1809-12, including memoranda and intelligence dated 1807, concerning the East India Company's wish to annex Delagoa Bay and Mozambique