Treaty of Allahabad, dated 16 Aug 1765, in English and Persian between the Nawab Wazir of Oudh and the East India Company, restoring the Nawab to his Dominions in return for an indemnity of fifty lakhs of Rupees; the approval of the Mogul Emperor is signified by his seal at the head of the Treaty.
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Treaty of Allahabad, dated 16 Aug 1765, in English and Persian between the Nawab Wazir of Oudh and the East India Company, restoring the Nawab to his Dominions in return for an indemnity of fifty lakhs of Rupees; the approval of the Mogul Emperor is signified by his seal at the head of the Treaty.
Letter, dated 3 Jul 1799, from Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson (1758-1805) to Sir Stephen Lushington, 1st Bart, Chairman of Court of Directors, thanking the East India Company for their gift of £10,000 in token of their appreciation of his victory at the battle of the Nile (1798); also copy of Court of Directors' resolution (24 Apr 1799) to make the gift.
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Letter, dated 3 Jul 1799, from Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson (1758-1805) to Sir Stephen Lushington, 1st Bart, Chairman of Court of Directors, thanking the East India Company for their gift of £10,000 in token of their appreciation of his victory at the battle of the Nile (1798); also copy of Co...
Observations and computations, dated 1831-43, made at the Madras Observatory under Thomas Glanville Taylor (1804-48), Director 1830-44; also printed `Madras Observatory Papers' (Madras 1827) by J Goldingham, Astronomer, recording observations of earlier years. Published copies of the observatio...
Memorandum (1863) of agreement between the Raja of Sandur and John Macartney appointing Macartney to administer the State for ten years, with endorsement (1871) appointing Macartney for further term of ten years from expiration of the first; also letter (1885) from the Raja to Macartney concernin...
Petition, dated 11 Nov 1839, from the Native Inhabitants of Madras to the Governor Lord Elphinstone, supporting his plans to improve education in the Presidency, and praying that they would not involve any renunciation of their religion and that the native people should have some voice in the measure.
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Petition, dated 11 Nov 1839, from the Native Inhabitants of Madras to the Governor Lord Elphinstone, supporting his plans to improve education in the Presidency, and praying that they would not involve any renunciation of their religion and that the native people should have some voice in the mea...
Bound volume of Commissions of Maj Justly Hill (b 1749), Royal Artillery 1763, Bengal Artillery 1768-c93; also contains miscellaneous letters dated 1581-1655, mostly addressed to Capt Collins of Sittingbourne, Kent.
Papers of Lt-Col Sir Harold Wilberforce-Bell, Indian Army 1905, Indian Political Service 1910-40
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Wilberforce-Bell Collection: albums of news cuttings, and scrapbooks containing letters received, programmes, menus, tickets and other memorabilia; compiled by Lt-Col Sir Harold Wilberforce-Bell (1885-1956), Indian Army 1905, Indian Political Service 1910-40, Resident for the Punjab States 1934-39.
Presentation addresses, and letters of greeting from Indian Princes, to Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff as Governor of Madras 1881-86; also volume, of inscriptions on Portuguese tombstones in St Francis's Church, Cochin
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Presentation addresses, and letters of greeting from Indian Princes, to Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff (1829-1906) as Governor of Madras 1881-86; also volume, dated 1886, of pencil drawings of inscriptions on Portuguese tombstones in St Francis's Church, Cochin.