Papers of Lt-Col Sir James Robert Dunlop-Smith (1858-1921), Indian Army 1879, Private Secretary to Lieutenant- Governor of Punjab 1883-87, Private Secretary to Viceroy 1905-10, Political ADC to Secretary of State for India 1910-21
Correspondence, military and official papers, photographs and printed material tracing the Wilson family's connection with India over four generations.
`Itinerarium Mundii': manuscript copy (18th or early 19th cent) of the Asia section (relations 4-30, dated 1628-38) of a manuscript in the Bodleian Library (Rawlinson Ms A 315), containing an account of the travels of Peter Mundy, East India Company servant 1627-38. (Published in Hakluyt Society, series ii, vols xxxv, xlv, xlvi).
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`Itinerarium Mundii': manuscript copy (18th or early 19th cent) of the Asia section (relations 4-30, dated 1628-38) of a manuscript in the Bodleian Library (Rawlinson Ms A 315), containing an account of the travels of Peter Mundy, East India Company servant 1627-38. (Published in Hakluyt Society...
Petition, dated 6 Nov 1657, from the East India Company to the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell for a naval convoy, with Cromwell's recommendation thereon.
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Petition, dated 6 Nov 1657, from the East India Company to the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell for a naval convoy, with Cromwell's recommendation thereon.
Copies of correspondence of Nathaniel Middleton, East India Company servant 1770-c1782, mainly concerning his recall for the second time from his post as Resident at Lucknow.
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Copies of correspondence of Nathaniel Middleton, East India Company servant 1770-c1782, mainly concerning his recall for the second time from his post as Resident at Lucknow.
Address, dated 21 Aug 1799, to Richard Colley Wellesley, 2nd Earl of Mornington and Marquess Wellesley (1760-1842), Governor-General of Bengal 1798-1805, from the British inhabitants of Calcutta, congratulating him on the defeat of Tipu Sultan (621 signatures).
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Address, dated 21 Aug 1799, to Richard Colley Wellesley, 2nd Earl of Mornington and Marquess Wellesley (1760-1842), Governor-General of Bengal 1798-1805, from the British inhabitants of Calcutta, congratulating him on the defeat of Tipu Sultan (621 signatures).
Three lithograph copies (one incomplete) of a list of dried specimens of plants in the East India Company's Museum (7,683 entries) collected under the superintendence of Dr Nathaniel Wallich (1786-1854), Superintendent of the Botanic Garden at Calcutta 1817-46; with two indices of plant genera and families by John Forbes Royle (1799-1858), Bengal Medical Service 1819-37, Superintendent of the Botanic Garden at Saharanpur 1823-31
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Three lithograph copies (one incomplete) of a list of dried specimens of plants in the East India Company's Museum (7,683 entries) collected under the superintendence of Dr Nathaniel Wallich (1786-1854), Superintendent of the Botanic Garden at Calcutta 1817-46; with two indices of plant genera an...
The Clive Collection, comprising the papers of Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive of Plassey (1725-1774), Governor of Bengal 1757-1760 and 1765-1767; Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis (1754-1839), Governor of Madras 1798-1804 and other family members."
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The major part of this collection comprises the incoming correspondence received by Clive and members of his circle, particularly Margaret, Lady Clive, Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis and Henry Strachey. In addition to this, there are a significant number of petitions addressed either to Clive as...
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India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Armenian, Bengali, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Latin, Persian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Tamil
Genealogical and biographical material on Indian Princes, Chiefs, and landholders, and other prominent personalities in India both British and Indian, compiled mainly after his retirement by Lewin Bentham Bowring (1824-1910), Bengal Civil Service 1843-70
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Bowring Collection: albums, originally three large volumes, containing genealogical and biographical material on Indian Princes, Chiefs, and landholders, and other prominent personalities in India both British and Indian, compiled mainly after his retirement by Lewin Bentham Bowring (1824-1910), ...