Copy of letter (nd) in German with Indian and English translation from Count Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg (1856-1921), German Chancellor 1909-17, to the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir, encouraging opposition to British rule in India and advocating the German view of the 1st World War.
Transcripts made by the Rev W Steele in about 1925 of letters, dated 1837-51, from Honoria Lawrence, wife of Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence (qv), to her parents and her aunt, and of letters, dated 1848-57, from Frederick and Ninian Steele, cousins of Honoria to their mother.
`Scratchings from an Indian Journal 1821-1840': extracts from the letters of Maj-Gen John Brownrigg Bellasis (1806-90), Bombay Army, describing his experiences in the 9th and 10th Bombay Native Infantry 1822-1837, and in the Bombay Revenue Survey 1837-40.
`Notes on her Life': memoir, dated 1960, by Christian Showers (b 1879), wife of Lt-Col Herbert Lionel Showers (1861-1916), Indian Army 1885, Indian Political Service 1890-1916, describing her life in India 1902-15.
Memoir of General Sir Edward Francis Chapman (1840-1926), British Army 1858, Military Secretary to the C-in-C, India 1881-85; Quartermaster-General, India 1885-89, compiled in 1938 by his widow formerly Georgiana Charlotte Clive Bayley.
Diary, dated 8-19 Jun 1863 with later entries for 27 Oct 1868 and 19 Oct 1869, of Jane Maria Strachey, wife of General Sir Richard Strachey, including a description of the `Bachelors Ball' and other social events of the Simla season.
Letters written by Philippa Strachey (1872-1968), Secretary of the London and National Society for Women's Suffrage, to her mother Lady Strachey, wife of General Sir Richard Strachey, and other members of her family, while she was on a visit to India.
Letter, dated 6 Feb 1941, from Mahatma Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948) to Ian Melville Stephens (1903-84), assistant editor of `The Statesman' 1937 and editor 1942-51, defending the launch of the Satyagraha movement in 1940 and denying that it was timed to take advantage of Britain's warti...
`A personal narrative of the Indian Mutiny - 1857': typescript copy of memoir, dated 1880, by Madeline Jackson, sister of Sir Mountstuart Goodricke Jackson, Bart, Bengal Civil Service, describing her escape with her brother from Sitarpur into the countryside until taken to Lucknow where she remai...
Ten letters, dated Nov 1757-Aug 1758, from Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive (1725-1774) to Admiral Sir George Pocock (1706-92), C-in-C, East Indies 1757-59, describing Clive's expedition to support Mir Jafar (1691-1765), Nawab of Bengal, against rebellious chiefs.