Copy of letter, dated 21 Feb 1926, from Leslie Nanscawen Brown (b 1886), Indian Civil Service, Bombay 1911-36, to his mother, describing his temporary guardianship of the Pir Pagaro of Sind; also brief note (c1927) by Mrs Brown, describing life in camp.
Copies of correspondence about the scuttling of the East Indiaman `Denham', on 31 Mar 1760, prior to the French seizure of Fort Marlborough, Benkulen, Sumatra, and her owners' subsequent suit against the East India Company.
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Copies of correspondence about the scuttling of the East Indiaman `Denham', on 31 Mar 1760, prior to the French seizure of Fort Marlborough, Benkulen, Sumatra, and her owners' subsequent suit against the East India Company.
`The problem of Watch and Ward on the North-West Frontier': copy of lecture given at Delhi by (Sir) Ambrose Dundas Flux Dundas (1899-1973), Indian Civil Service 1922-47, Chief Secretary to Government, North-West Frontier Province 1937-41, Resident in Waziristan 1940-43, Governor of the NWFP 1948-49.
Copy, with photographs, of an account of `An inspection tour in Garwhal, United Provinces, The Himalayas, Autumn 1938' by Kathleen Hatfield, wife of Morgan Besley Hatfield (b 1893), Indian Service of Engineers, United Provinces 1919-47.
Letter from Albert Bruce Lorrain-Foxall of the Lakher Pioneer Mission, Assam, to the Principal of the All Nations Bible College, Taplow, Berks, describing the work of the Mission.
Copy of two letters, dated 1914, received by Mary Finney (d 1938), later wife of Sir Arthur Cecil McWatters, Indian Civil Service 1904-31, including one from a friend in India describing her engagement and social life.
`Some reminiscences of my life': typescript copy of memoir, dated 1891, of General Julius Bentall Dennys (1822-1907), Bengal Army 1840-1877; in civil employ 1857-77; also printed copy of Dennys's record of service.
Copy of letter from Brig Gilbert Hickey (b 1921) to his mother, describing a recent visit by himself and his wife to their childhood homes on plantations in North Bihar.