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Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F587
Title:: Papers of Sir Ralph Woodford (c.1735-1810) of Carleby, Lincs. Diplomat; resident in the Hanse Towns (1763-1772) and envoy at Copenhagen (1772-1773) relating to British trade with Manila in the Philippines.
Scope & Content:: Papers of Sir Ralph Woodford made in response to a proposal of Sir Francis Baring, Chairman of the East India Company, for the establishment of British and Indian trade with the Philippines. It includes "Sir Ralph Woodford's reply to Mr Baring's remarks upon his observations of opening the trade ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1792
Extent:: 1 Folder, (5 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F588
Title:: Diary of Madelaine Jequier
Scope & Content:: Diary, letters written in French by Madelaine Jequier, member of London Mission of Swiss nationality, on her experiences as a missionary at Coimbatore, India in 1938-39, with photographs. 1) Diary; 2) letter dated 14 Sept 1938; 3) letter dated 25 Jan 1939; 4) 47 photographs
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: 1938-1939
Extent:: 4 items (1 vol., 2 letters totally 28 ff., 47 photos)

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F589
Title:: Papers of Donald MacPherson: Gariahat Whisky Excise Conspiracy Case
Scope & Content:: With papers and photographs on the Gariahat Whisky Conspiracy Case 1936-1942
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1936-1942
Extent:: 11 files

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F591
Title:: The loss of an East Indiaman in 1807
Scope & Content:: A manuscript account of a disastrous voyage from India, shipwrecked off the Cape of Good Hope in 1807, by Samuel Rolleston, Bombay civil servant (undated)
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1807
Extent:: 9 ff

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F592
Title:: Aden Political Department Records
Scope & Content:: These are records originated in the Bombay Political Department, transferred to Aden in 1946. Include correspondence and reports relating to interests in Somalia and Red Sea area.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1861-1907
Extent:: 43 volumes

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F593
Title:: Two manuscripts by Robert Gambier
Scope & Content:: Two manuscripts by Robert Gambier relating to the Broach Expedition in India in 1771: 1/ 'A narrative of the proceedings of the Chief & Co. of Surat relative to the expedition against Broach' & 2/ 'Mr Gambier's reply to Col Cay's letter with regard to the Broach expedition.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1771
Extent:: 30 ff

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F594
Title:: Hakluyt Society Archive
Scope & Content:: Archive of the Hakluyt Society, an organisation which has sought to publish scholarly and academic editions of works relating to historic voyages and travels and other material of geographical interest since its foundation in December 1846. The archive contains papers relating to the running of ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1846-2002
Extent:: 51 boxes, 9 loose volumes, 3 oversize portfolios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F595
Title:: Indian papers of Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, Viceroy of India 1876-1880
Scope & Content:: Indian papers of Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, Viceroy of India 1876-1880
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1809-1906
Extent:: 6 boxes, 3 folders and 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F597
Title:: Letter from Arthur Wellesley (1769-1852)
Scope & Content:: Letter from Arthur Wellesley (1st Duke Of Wellington) re pension payable to a former bearer of the Government of Tippoo Sultan
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 15 Jul 1799
Extent:: 1 ms folio mounted on a sheet of buff paper

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F598
Title:: Journal of an anonymous infantry officer
Scope & Content:: Journal of an anonymous infantry officer relating to his experiences in the Indian Mutiny, with some drawings and pencil notes by another hand. 1858
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1857-58
Extent:: 1 vol (with 1 loose sheet of ink & pen drawing in pages 13 Dec 1858, 4 loose folios of pencil notes in pages 31 Dec 1858. 2 folios after 31 Dec 1858 torn from volume. Some ink & pen drawings in the last 3 pages.)

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