`Archibald Guillan's Book': copy of mathematical and navigational notebook, dated 1809 on flyleaf, with specimen log entries for voyages from England to Madeira and the Lizard to Madeira; also copies of two manuscript maps of western Europe, the western Mediterranean and north-west Africa.
`The Family of Bayley of Manchester and Hope': copy of biographical account of this family from the 17th century onwards, including notes on William Butterworth Bayley, Sir Edward Clive Bayley and others who served in India. Dated as: no date
`Recollections of a varied life': copy of memoir by Maj Ronald Herbert Cronin (b 1897), including details of his career with the Assam Frontier Tea Company in Assam and Ranchi 1922-1941 and 1946-1958, and of his service with the Assam Valley Light Horse from 1922, and the Assam Regiment during th...
Copy of memoir, written c1983, by Lt-Col Darrell John Robert Moore (b 1908), Indian army 1928-47, 1st Gurkha Rifles, including details of his service in India and Malaya 1928-1947, and of his experiences as a prisoner of war.
`Other Days': copy of extract from memoir by Lt-Col Granville Pennefather Evans (1868-1963), including details of his career in the British and Indian Armies 1890-1920, and of game hunting in India, Burma and East Africa.
Copy of `Indian Reminiscences' of Professor Edward Lionel Gregory Stones (1914-87), concerning his experiences in India as a cadet and officer in the Royal Corps of Signals.
Two photocopies of a letter, dated 30 Jan 1867, from Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800-94), Assistant Resident, and later Resident, in Nepal 1820-44, lived privately at Darjeeling c1845-58, oriental scholar; to Hyde Clarke (1815-95), engineer, linguist and scholar, concerning Hodgson's ethnological re...
Copies of (i) Commission (1866) to Charles Hay (1843-1912), as Lieutenant in Bombay Staff Corps; (ii) mention in despatches and award of DSO (1921) for Maj Arthur Sidney Hay, Indian Army 1900-26.
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Copies of (i) Commission (1866) to Charles Hay (1843-1912), as Lieutenant in Bombay Staff Corps; (ii) mention in despatches and award of DSO (1921) for Maj Arthur Sidney Hay, Indian Army 1900-26.
Copies of letters from James Sutcliffe (d 1878), Principal of the Hindu (later Presidency) College Calcutta 1852-76, and Director of Public Instruction for Bengal 1876-78, to his mother and family in England.