Letters of Rev Thomas Moore (c.1825-c.1903) and his wife Dorothy Moore (nee Thompson 1835-1924) from India
Scope & Content:
Letters of the Moore family, mainly written during their residence in India in the 1850s, principally by the Rev Thomas Moore, the Hon East India Company's Chaplain to the Forces at Cawnpore, and by his wife Dorothy (Dora), addressed to Moore's mother, Mrs Moore of Holt, Norfolk, as well as to D...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1853-1903
Extent:
12 files (appro.100 letters, 4 small photos, 1 wooden cross)
Mutiny letters from Alexander Shakespear (1821-1884)
Scope & Content:
Letters from Alexander Shakespear (1821-1884), Magistrate and Collector at Bijnor, India, to his wife Catherine Mary Shakespear, relating to the Indian Mutiny. 1. Supporting information (9 ff): ff 1-3 private notes by Omar Pound. f 4 extract of email from Elizabeth Pound relating to biographica...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1854-1859
Extent:
10 folders (17 ff of supporting material, 83 original letters).
Indian Prisons Commission World Tour press-cuttings and mementos
Scope & Content:
Collection of mementos of John W Steadman, Secretary to the Indian Prisons Commission that undertook a world tour in 1919-20 to study prison conditions. 1. 5 press cuttings: Emira Star Gazette, Sept 23, 1919; The Indianapolis News and The Indianapolis Star, October 1, 1919; Manila Daily Bullet...
Indian Police Association biographical notes compiled by Basil la Bouchardiere (1913-present)
Scope & Content:
1/ Indian Police history notes, 1969-1990 2/ Who Was Who 1.Assam. 2. Bengal 3.Binar & Orissa 4.Bombay & Sind 6.Burma 7. C.P. 8.Madras 9.Punjab 10.NWFP 11.UP
Digital documents: papers of Commodore William Wilson (1715-1795), East India Company naval officer 1729-1762, Captain of ships Suffolk and Pitt, known primarily for his successful action against the French in 1757, and his discovery and documentation of Pitt’s Passage, a new easterly route to Canton passing through the islands west of New Guinea.
Scope & Content:
1. Typescript: Chronological summary of Wilson’s career 2. Internet print-out: Commodore William Wilson of Great Ayton (1715-1795), from website www.historic-cleveland.co.uk/topics 3. Photocopies: “The Diary of Ralph Jackson (1736-1790) Part IV: Commodore William Wilson of Great Ayton. Extract...
Henry Wisewould (1846-1918) - Diary of a Private of the 16th Queens Lancers, London.
Scope & Content:
Part of a genealogical series: Wisewould Chronicles. Transcribed by Beatrice Garner, edited by Maree Garner. The diary relates to H Wisewould's experience as a soldier in the British Army in India.
East India Company Bond signed by Captain Harry Gough and Sir Henry Gough
Scope & Content:
A contract between Captain Harry Gough (1681-1751) and his father Sir Henry Gough(1649-1724) dated July 10th 1704 in connection with the financing of a 36 month voyage by the vessel Arabella sailing to the East Indies under the auspices of the East India Company. Harry Gough, fifth son of Sir He...
A satire on "New India" - a privately printed untitled book and its manuscript by anonymous author
Scope & Content:
The untitled book probably written by Thomas Hart-Davies (1849-1920) in 1888 as a satire on British Administration in India. Includes also a volume of carbon copy typescript of the same book and a letter from the Secretary of the Resident of Hyderabad to Mr Briddes, the original owner of the volu...