Copy of transcript of an Indian Navy Gunnery Examination Manual, dated May 1857, of Lt Henry Ellis (b 1835), Indian Navy 1851-63, containing the whole of the Gunnery Examination for Mate and Lieutenant passed by Ellis at Bombay in 1857.
Copies of nine letters from Henry Vansittart (1732-70), East India Company servant, Madras 1745-59, Governor of Bengal 1760-64, to Sir John Frederick, husband of Henry's first cousin; also letter (Jan 1755) from Henry's father, Arthur Vansittart.
Speeches of Sir Charles Cunningham Watson (1874-1934), Indian Civil Service 1898-1933, while Agent to the Governor-General in the States of Western India 1924-27; with newspaper cuttings, mainly reports of his death and obituaries.
Biographical note, dated May 1972, by Miss J M Sweet, on James Anderson (1738-1809), First President of the Madras Medical Board and Physician General 1786.
`Record of the Services of Colonel De Kantzow, in India during the years 1853-1888' (Brighton 1898, 1908): copy of privately printed memoirs of Col Charles Adolphus De Kantzow (b 1837), Bengal Army.
Copies of letters from Mahatma Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948), to Lord Linlithgow, Viceroy of India 1936-43; with copies of newspaper cuttings.
Official diaries, dated 1890-92 and 1901, of Lt-Col John Shakespear (1861-1942), as Assistant Political Officer, Fort Tregear, South Lushai Hills 1890-91; Superintendent, South Lushai Hills 1891-96; Superintendent, Lushai Hills 1898-1905.
Copy of letter, dated Jullundur 22 Jun 1858, written on the day of his death by Brig Henry Winchcombe Hartley (c1802-58), British Army, reflecting on the personalities and events of the Mutiny.
Account of Royal Indian Navy Coastal Forces 1942-45, by Lt-Cdr Thomas Henry Lewin MacDonald (b 1908), Royal Indian Navy Volunteer Reserve 1941-46, Staff Officer, Coastal Forces.