Letters from Bengal from Feb. 1761 to December 1773
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pp. [i-iii]. Table of Contents. The starting date given on the spine of February 1761 is incorrect and does not correspond to the earliest date of the contents of the volume, which should read March 1765. 1, pp. 1-241. Letters to Orme, all Originals, chiefly on private matters, but containing a...
p. [i]. Table of Contents. p. [iii]. The Settlement of Calcutta. Reference to Orme's account of the Zamindari of Calcutta (see 12. 19 and I. 15). p. [viii]. General Heads in this Volume. These are as follows :- Indostan in general - Pages 1-4; General Historical Accounts of Coromandel and th...
p. [i]. Table of Contents. p. iv. General Heads of these Volumes. These are as follows :- General History of Bengal - page 1; Calcutta and the Factories in general - page 5; Calcutta and the Factories in Bengal before the present Century - page 9; Military Returns - page 11; Geography of Benga...
Trichinopoly and Camp at Madura 1763 to March 1764
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p. [i]. Contents. 1, pp. 1-148. Orderly Book at Tritchinopoly and in Camp on the expedition to Madura, from February 12th 1763 to March 18th 1764. Apparently a copy. There is a gap between 26 Aug. 1763 and 17 Nov. 1763, that is for practically the whole period of the first siege of Madura. Pro...
pp. [i-iii]. Table of Contents. 1, pp. 1-366. Private letters to Orme, containing allusions to public affairs. Original. Orme being at this time Commissary these letters would now be considered demiofficial, for they are all connected with his official work. From-- (1) Colonel John Adlercron, ...
Madura and Tinnivelly. D Campbell. 1764, 1767, 1768.
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pp. [i-iii]. Table of Contents. 1, pp. 1-5 (31.5 x 19.5 cm.). Letter from Rayal Pundat, Vakeel, dated Chakumpatty, 5 Dec. 1755. Copy. Describes Mahfuz Khan's intrigues to prevent Madura and Tinnevelly being rented to “Tettarapah Moodelair," and gives a statement of the various Farms in which M...
1, pp. 1-4. index of the proper names in a map of Coromandel from Madrass to Negapatam, communicated to me by M. D'Anville, as the names stand in the squares into which I divided the Map, together with an opposite column of the same names as they should be spelt in English, which I respelt to be...
History and Geography of Madura, Tinnevelly, Travencore, Tritchinopoly and Pulitaver.
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pp. [i-iii]. Table of Contents. Arranged under History and Geography. 1, pp. 1-25 (32 x 20.5 cm.). Correspondence of and with the Nabob Anaverdy Cawn (Muhammad Ali), 17th Jan.- 18th Dec. 1755. Copied from the Madras Country Correspondence. Chiefly concerning Madura, Tinnevelly and Travancore. ...
Enquiries regarding General Lally and Pondicherry, Madura, Tinnevelly, Nellore, Carnatic and Tanjour
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1, pp. 1-4 (32.3 x 19 cm. Articles and stipulations of a Truce concluded between Governor Saunders and M. Godeheu, signed at Pondicherry on the 26th December 1754, and at Fort St. George 31st Dec. 1754. Copy. 2, pp, 5-9 (21 x 16.5 cm.). Some queries by me [Orme] on sundry particulars in Lally'...
General Idea of the Government and People of Indostan by Robert Orme
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For Contents see OV.238. General Idea of the Government and People of Indostan by Robert Orme, Sept. 1st 1753. pp. 1-62. A copy of this exists in Mss Eur Orme India I.1.