Extracts, dated 1938, 1940, 1944, from diaries of Herbert Christopher Beaumont (b 1912), Indian Civil Service, Punjab 1936-44, Indian Political Service 1944-47, describing the daily life of an administrator in the Punjab and in Tripura.
Copies of certain volumes from the Public Record Office Series FO 228/1-22: general correspondence of the British legation and consulates in China, including correspondence with the Chinese authorities.
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Copies of certain volumes from the Public Record Office Series FO 228/1-22: general correspondence of the British legation and consulates in China, including correspondence with the Chinese authorities.
Copies of certain volumes from the Public Record Office Series FO 228/1-22: miscellaneous papers and reports from the British legation and consulates in China
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Copies of certain volumes from the Public Record Office Series FO 228/1-22: miscellaneous papers and reports from the British legation and consulates in China.
Copies of six volumes from the Public Record Office Series FO 677: Superintendent of Trade, Legation, Peking, China: General Correspondence and Diaries
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Copies of six volumes from the Public Record Office Series FO 677: Superintendent of Trade, Legation, Peking, China: General Correspondence and Diaries.
Copies of two letters, dated 28 Jul and 4 Dec 1857, from Mary Clare Cecilia Gilliland (1826-1926), wife of James Charles Gilliland (1832-69), Uncovenanted Civil Servant Punjab, to her mother, describing her experiences and her views of the Indian Mutiny; also obituary notice (1926).
Copies of letters from Alasdair Steven, tea planter, Travancore, to his father describing his voyage to India and his first year as a planter; with copy of `No Reprieve for a Rogue': unpublished stories by Steven on Indian wildlife especially elephants, with photographs.