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Project / Collection India Office Private Papers Language English Place Suez, Egypt

1. IOR Neg 1873-81

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR Neg 1873-81
Title:
Papers of General Chesney, Royal Artillery, explorer and surveyor
Scope & Content:
Papers of General Francis Rawdon Chesney (1789-1872), Royal Artillery, explorer and surveyor, chiefly relating to his survey (1830) of the Isthmus of Suez showing that a canal was practicable, and his exploration of the Euphrates valley (1831, 1835-37) with a view to the development of an overlan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1823-1885
Extent:
9 reels

2. Mss Eur B369

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B369
Title:
Journals of Thomas Machell (1824-62), traveller and planter
Scope & Content:
Journals of Thomas Machell (1824-62), midshipman in merchant navy 1840-45; assistant manager, indigo estates, Bengal 1846-52; later manager of coffee plantation, Wynaad, Madras; recording his experiences at sea, and life and travels in India.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1840-1856
Extent:
5 volumes

3. Mss Eur C739

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C739
Title:
Thomas Chance papers.
Scope & Content:
Typescript transcript of letters of and relating to Lt Thomas Chance (1787-1805), Bengal Army European Regiment, Ensign 1803, Lt 1804, also of two letters of later members of his family including a description of sleeping and bathing arrangements on a voyage through the Suez Canal 1879.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1803-1805
Extent:
1 folder

4. Mss Eur Mack Gen

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Mack Gen
Title:
Colin Mackenzie Papers: General and Miscellaneous Collections
Scope & Content:
The Mackenzie 'General' and Miscellaneous Collections contain some 179 volumes or folders or papers, mainly comprising English translations from the languages of southern and central India (as distinct from Hindustan), and chiefly relating to the antiquities, legends, history, literature, religi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1608-1826
Extent:
179 items