1, pp. 1-35. Life of Sevaji. Original draft of 298 (b). Orme concludes with the following estimate of Sevaji: “Whensoever we shall obtain a history of his life written in his own country, he will doubtless appear to have possessed the highest resources of stratagem joined to undaunted courage, wh...
pp. [i-ii]. Letter, dated George Street, 2 Jan. 1781, from C. W. Boughton Rouse to [Orme]. Sends him an account of "Sitarah" from one of his Persian MSS., which he has written on "two interleaves of your elegant little history of Sevagi." This shows that the printed work is by Orme, as is, in fac...
p. [i]. List of Contents of Volumes 299-302. p. [iii]. Endorsement as follows:- "Letters 1687, Bombay and Bencoolen. Valuable." 1, pp. 1-5. Letter, dated Fort St. George, 25 April 1687, from the Council , Fort St. George, to Mr. Richard Burnaby, Governor, and Mr. Samuel White, Shabandar at Mergen...
1688-1689. Weldon and Navarro's Journey to Aurengzebe.
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p. [i]. Endorsement as follows:- "1688-1689. Weldon and Navarro's Journey to Aurengzebe." 1, pp. 1-63. The Diary of George Weldon and Abraham Navarros Journey up to the Court of the Great Mogul in prosecution of the treaty of Peace, before by them and Mr. Higgins begun with Meer Mazaine [or Nazam...
p. [i]. Endorsement as follows:- Madras Letters Received. 1687. 1, pp. 1-5. Extracts from letters despatched from Madras. 6 Jan. to 9 June 1687. 2, pp. 9-39. Extracts from Madras letters received, 5 July 1687 to 6 Feb. 1687/8.
Hindostan History. Revolution at Delhi from 1748 to 1761. Army Orders
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1, pp. 2-3. Glossary and other notes on the Mughals. 2, pp. 3-105. A narrative of the Revolutions at Delhi from the year 1748 to 1761. Original. Copied in IV. 8. Dated Fort William, 28 January 1762. Supposed to be by Warren Hastings (see 45, p. 19), but the handwriting does not very closely resem...
1, pp. 1-19. Letter, dated Camp near Ouscotah, 8 Aug. 1768, from John Call to Mr. Josias Du Pré. Original draft or duplicate. Gives his idea of the proper policy for the Company to pursue with regard to the native powers, and of the means necessary for the defeat of Haidar Ali. 2, pp. 20-31. Lett...
Rough memorandums for the Committee of Proprieters on the state of the Company's assets
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[i]. List of Contents of 305-307. p. 1. Note of Contents. 1, pp. 3-92 (various sizes). Rough memorandums for the Committee of Proprietors on the state of the Company’s assets, 1782. Mostly in Orme's handwriting, but undated. There are two or three autograph notes from Mr. Maddocks requesting Orme...