Papers of Colonel Henry Watson (1732-1786), Chief Engineer, Bengal 1776-1786
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The papers are within a folder with a booksellers label on the front (f.1): f.2: Warren Hastings and Edward Wheeler, to Nathaniel Middleton, Collector of His Excellency the Viziers Assignments to the Hon Company, Fort William, 3 July 1781, requesting to have Mr Middleton obey all orders the Gov...
Papers of Charles Stuart Bayley and Sarah Constance Bayley (nee Campbell)
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Album of papers relating to the life and career of Charles Stuart Bayley (1854-1935), Indian Civil Service 1877-1915, Lieutenant Governor of Bihar and Orissa 1912-1915, Member of the Council of India 1915-1924; and his wife Sarah Constance Bayley (nee Campbell). Includes letters, photographs, ce...
"Patchwork": journal of Vincent Ernest William Stewart (1913-2010)
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A typescript copy of the unpublished personal journal of V E W Stewart, PWD (Burma), Royal Indian Engineers (Burma, WWII); Engineer with the Burmah Oil Company 1948-1963; Consultant to the British Ministry of Power 1963-1973. The journal, typed from his rough original, details his life and caree...
Papers of Lt Col John Hallowes (1824-1905), British Army 1842-1870; and Lt Col John Hope Hallowes (b 1873), Sherwood Foresters 1896-1899, Indian Army 1899-1923
Journal of Major General James Welsh (1775-1861), Madras Army
Scope & Content:
'Intermediate Journal' of Major General James Welsh covers his life in England from January to November 1844; and his journey to India via Gibraltar, Malta, Egypt (Alexandria and Cairo), Suez, and Aden; and travelling from Bombay to Madras.
Papers of William Gerald Came (b 1889), Indian Service of Engineers 1913-47, Executive Engineer Bihar 1922, later Chief Engineer, Public Works Dept, Bihar from 1942
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The collection consists of personal diaries, maps, and printed reports and books
Letters to Marion Alice Bean (b.1876), mostly from her brother Captain (later Major) James Allen Bean (1881-1923), 101st Grenadiers (later Bombay Grenadiers), Indian Army; with some from friends and other family members. Also two painted cameos.