Diary, dated 5 Feb-19 Jun 1786, of Ozias Humphry (1742-1810), portrait painter, kept during a visit to India, during which he painted portraits of Asaf-ud-daula, Nawab of Oudh, and members of his court at Lucknow.
Original and photocopy of `Reminiscences of the dreadful Mutiny in India in 1857', vol 1: memoir by Elizabeth Sneyd, mother of Capt Henry Wilder Lambie Sneyd, Bengal Army, chiefly on the Sneyd family's escape from Fatehpur to Alipur and other mutiny experiences.
`Those were the days: an autobiography', written 1949, by Constance A (`Emma') Wilson, Lady Minto's Indian Nursing Association 1921-47, Chief Lady Superintendent 1938-47. [For revised version see Mss Eur C 0251].
Anonymous diary, written in the form of two letters, dated Apr and Sep 1791, by an officer serving in the third Mysore War, including an account of of the capture of Bangalore and the retreat from Seringapatam.
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Anonymous diary, written in the form of two letters, dated Apr and Sep 1791, by an officer serving in the third Mysore War, including an account of of the capture of Bangalore and the retreat from Seringapatam.
Seventeen letters, dated 20 Sep 1857-1 Jan 1860, from Lt (later General Sir) Robert Biddulph, Royal Artillery 1853-1902, to Mrs C Barkley, referring to the fighting near Cawnpore, the restoration of order in Fatehpur District, and the relief of Lucknow.
Papers of Sir (Charles) Lewis Tupper (1848-1910), Indian Civil Service, Punjab 1877-1907, temporary member, Governor-General's Council 1905-1906; including copies of papers on `Punjab Progress' (1891) and `Panjab University Affairs' (1905); and copies of telegrams (1905) on the Curzon-Kitchener c...
Miscellaneous papers of Leslie Howard Vincent French (b 1912), Indian Civil Service, Punjab 1938-44, including a memoir entitled `The Beginnings of a Civil Servant in India'.
3rd duplicate copy of bill of exchange, dated 2 Dec 1783, for £1041.13s.4d payable at 365 days, drawn by the Government of Bengal on the East India Company in favour of George Waugh on account of the investment loan.
Copy of typescript transcript, made 1950, by Mary Rowlatt of letters of her great-grandparents Sidney Terry (c1801-47), merchant, assistant, Higginson and Caldwell, Bombay 1844-47, his wife Sarah and other members of their family, mainly describing life in Alexandria and Bombay. [For originals se...