Copy of draft memorandum (nd, c1770 ? and unsigned) setting forth the arguments for and against continuing the Dual System of government in Bengal. [For original: see Mss Eur E 381].
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Copy of draft memorandum (nd, c1770 ? and unsigned) setting forth the arguments for and against continuing the Dual System of government in Bengal. [For original: see Mss Eur E 381].
Three letters from Maj (later Col) Rodolph Leslie de Salis (1811-80), British Army, 8th Hussars 1830-80, describing his service in India during the Mutiny and afterwards.
Copy of journal of Sir Paul Jodrell (1746-1803), physician to the Nawab of Arcot 1787-1803, transcribed and annotated by R S Seale, a descendant of Jodrell's; also copies of letters, dated 1795-98, from Rev Christian William Gericke (d 1804) to Lady Jodrell.
Two letters of Lt (later Maj-Gen Sir) George Alexander William Leith, 2nd Bart (1766-1842), British Army c1780-1821, describing his experiences during the Third Mysore War.
Copy of recipe book for pigments and varnishes kept by Robert Home (1752-1834), Court Painter to the King of Oudh 1814-25; also another copy of the unpublished biography of Home (see Mss Eur Photo Eur 331).