Additional papers of Charles Masson (1800-53), (pseudonym of James Lewis), Bengal Artillery 1822, deserted 1827, traveller, Agent to the Government of India at Kabul 1834-36, comprising narratives and essays on coins, notes on topography and on historical figures; also, ancient inscriptions, transliterations and alphabets, memoirs, diary entries, essays and miscellaneous correspondence
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Additional papers of Charles Masson (1800-53), (pseudonym of James Lewis), Bengal Artillery 1822, deserted 1827, traveller, Agent to the Government of India at Kabul 1834-36, comprising narratives and essays on coins, notes on topography and on historical figures; also, ancient inscriptions, tran...
Letters home from India to her family from Mary Caroline (Pollie) Keen nee Holloway (1858-1955)
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Letters home from India to her family from Mary Caroline (Pollie) Keen (nee Hollowa)y, wife of Richard Walter Keen (1859-1910), Royal Horse Artillery 1889-94
Family tree of the Pakenham-Walsh family, and a record of early lives in India of Wilfred Pakenham-Walsh (1898-1974) and Robert Pakenham-Walsh (1906-69), with illustrations and photographs
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Family tree of the Pakenham-Walsh family, and a record of early lives in India of Wilfred Pakenham-Walsh (1898-1974) and Robert Pakenham-Walsh (1906-69), with illustrations and photographs
Nominal Roll of British Officers, Warrant and Non-Commissioned Officers serving in the Indian Army Ordnance Corps, 1932; also a map of India showing Railways and cantonments
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Nominal Roll of British Officers, Warrant and Non-Commissioned Officers serving in the Indian Army Ordnance Corps, 1932; also a map of India showing Railways and cantonments
Papers of Christopher J. Hawes, Writer and Historian
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Papers of Christopher J Hawes (d2004), writer and historian, author of Poor Relations: The making of a Eurasian Community in British India 1773-1833 (1996) and an unfinished subsequent book on Anglo-Indians.
Declaration of trust, dated 4 Jan 1867, by Capt Richard John Blunt (1822-74), Madras Army, Sir Charles William Blunt, 6th Bart (1810-90) and Lawrence James Mercer relating to shares in the Madras Irrigation and Canal Company and the East India Irrigation and canal Company; also, miscellaneous legal papers including receipt dated 31 Oct 1888, for £7,704 6s 11d for purchase of India 3.5% stock
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Declaration of trust, dated 4 Jan 1867, by Capt Richard John Blunt (1822-74), Madras Army, Sir Charles William Blunt, 6th Bart (1810-90) and Lawrence James Mercer relating to shares in the Madras Irrigation and Canal Company and the East India Irrigation and canal Company; also, miscellaneous leg...
Correspondence, papers, diaries, photographs, newspaper cuttings and memorabilia of Effie Geraldine Dick (nee Newman) (1865-1952)
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Correspondence, papers, diaries, photographs, newspaper cuttings and memorabilia of Effie Geraldine Dick (nee Newman) (1865-1952), wife of George Paris Dick (1866-1941), Advocate High Court of Calcutta 1907-24, Government Advocate Central Provinces 1917-24, describing their life in India and late...