`Trench's Travels: Indian Voyage 1826-1830': article by Chalmers E FitzJohn Trench containing extracts from the journal of Lt Frederic FitzJohn Trench (b 1808), Madras Cavalry 1826-32 (photocopied from the `Indian Ocean Review', Jun and Sep 1988).
Viceroy's letters, dated Jan 1946-Jul 1947, to Governors of North-West Frontier Province commenting on their fortnightly reports; also letter, dated 26 Mar 1947, from Pandit Nehru to Sir Olaf Caroe, criticising the latter's conduct of Frontier and Tribal affairs, with Caroe's rejoinder.
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Viceroy's letters, dated Jan 1946-Jul 1947, to Governors of North-West Frontier Province commenting on their fortnightly reports; also letter, dated 26 Mar 1947, from Pandit Nehru to Sir Olaf Caroe, criticising the latter's conduct of Frontier and Tribal affairs, with Caroe's rejoinder.
Copy of diary of Capt (later Maj-Gen) Augustus Arthur Currie (c1830-84), Bengal Army 1849-80, mainly describing his experiences of family and social life in England (until Jun 1862) and India; also lecture (nd) describing his experiences during Abyssinian expedition and march to Magdala, Jan-Jun ...
`Fortune's tangled web: trading networks of English entrepreneurs in eastern India, 1657-1717' by Elizabeth Lee Saxe (Ph.D thesis, Yale University, 1979).
Photocopies of correspondence, dated 1842-61, of Charlotte Elizabeth, Countess Canning (nee Stuart de Rothesay)
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Copies of correspondence of Charlotte Elizabeth Canning, Countess Canning (1817-61), lady-in-waiting to Queen Victoria 1842-56, wife of Earl Canning (1812-62), Governor-General of India 1856-62, including letters to her mother, husband and correspondence with the Queen describing social life in E...
Letter, dated Mar 1849, from James Andrew Broun-Ramsey, Marquess of Dalhousie (1812-60), Governor-General of India 1848-56, to Sir Henry Miers Elliot (1808-53), Bengal Civil Service 1826-53, Foreign Secretary, Government of India 1847-53, thanking Elliott for his services at the conclusion of the...
Copy of letters of Nina d'Aubigny von Englebronner (c1780-1846), singer, to her sister Emilie in Serampore, describing her visit to Calcutta and her stay at Murshidabad with Sir William Burroughs, Bart (c1753-1829), Judge of Supreme Court, Calcutta 1806-16.
Autobiographical material, dated c1935, of William Valentine Weston (1867-1937), silk factory manager, Bengal 1887-1913, relating his experiences in India and including his ordination as an Anglican priest in England.
Photocopy of journal of Frances (Fanny) Eden (1801-49), sister of George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland, Governor-General of India 1836-42, describing a journey from Calcutta to Simla and a state visit to Ranjit Singh. For published version see Janet Dunbar, `Tigers, Durbars and Kings' (1988). Also c...
`Impressions of a Memsahib': copy of memoir, dated c1896, by May Florence Stokes (c1862-97), wife of Sir Gabriel Stokes (1849-1920), Indian Civil Service, Madras 1871-1908, giving her views on Indians and life in India.