Letters written by Philippa Strachey (1872-1968), Secretary of the London and National Society for Women's Suffrage, to her mother Lady Strachey, wife of General Sir Richard Strachey, and other members of her family, while she was on a visit to India.
Letter, dated 6 Feb 1941, from Mahatma Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948) to Ian Melville Stephens (1903-84), assistant editor of `The Statesman' 1937 and editor 1942-51, defending the launch of the Satyagraha movement in 1940 and denying that it was timed to take advantage of Britain's warti...
`A personal narrative of the Indian Mutiny - 1857': typescript copy of memoir, dated 1880, by Madeline Jackson, sister of Sir Mountstuart Goodricke Jackson, Bart, Bengal Civil Service, describing her escape with her brother from Sitarpur into the countryside until taken to Lucknow where she remai...
Ten letters, dated Nov 1757-Aug 1758, from Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive (1725-1774) to Admiral Sir George Pocock (1706-92), C-in-C, East Indies 1757-59, describing Clive's expedition to support Mir Jafar (1691-1765), Nawab of Bengal, against rebellious chiefs.
Diary, dated 5 Feb-19 Jun 1786, of Ozias Humphry (1742-1810), portrait painter, kept during a visit to India, during which he painted portraits of Asaf-ud-daula, Nawab of Oudh, and members of his court at Lucknow.
Original and photocopy of `Reminiscences of the dreadful Mutiny in India in 1857', vol 1: memoir by Elizabeth Sneyd, mother of Capt Henry Wilder Lambie Sneyd, Bengal Army, chiefly on the Sneyd family's escape from Fatehpur to Alipur and other mutiny experiences.
`Those were the days: an autobiography', written 1949, by Constance A (`Emma') Wilson, Lady Minto's Indian Nursing Association 1921-47, Chief Lady Superintendent 1938-47. [For revised version see Mss Eur C 0251].
Anonymous diary, written in the form of two letters, dated Apr and Sep 1791, by an officer serving in the third Mysore War, including an account of of the capture of Bangalore and the retreat from Seringapatam.
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Anonymous diary, written in the form of two letters, dated Apr and Sep 1791, by an officer serving in the third Mysore War, including an account of of the capture of Bangalore and the retreat from Seringapatam.
Seventeen letters, dated 20 Sep 1857-1 Jan 1860, from Lt (later General Sir) Robert Biddulph, Royal Artillery 1853-1902, to Mrs C Barkley, referring to the fighting near Cawnpore, the restoration of order in Fatehpur District, and the relief of Lucknow.