Copy of diary of Capt (later Maj-Gen) Augustus Arthur Currie (c1830-84), Bengal Army 1849-80, mainly describing his experiences of family and social life in England (until Jun 1862) and India; also lecture (nd) describing his experiences during Abyssinian expedition and march to Magdala, Jan-Jun ...
`Fortune's tangled web: trading networks of English entrepreneurs in eastern India, 1657-1717' by Elizabeth Lee Saxe (Ph.D thesis, Yale University, 1979).
Photocopies of correspondence, dated 1842-61, of Charlotte Elizabeth, Countess Canning (nee Stuart de Rothesay)
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Copies of correspondence of Charlotte Elizabeth Canning, Countess Canning (1817-61), lady-in-waiting to Queen Victoria 1842-56, wife of Earl Canning (1812-62), Governor-General of India 1856-62, including letters to her mother, husband and correspondence with the Queen describing social life in E...
Letters from Queen Victoria to Lady Canning, from her appointment as lady-in-waiting 1842, discussing social and family life and (from 1856) events in India, particularly the Indian Mutiny.
Letters from Lady Canning to Queen Victoria describing her impressions of India, her travels, family affairs and events in India with particular reference to the Indian Mutiny.
Letters from Lady Canning to her mother, Lady Stuart de Rothesay, describing her impressions of India, family affairs, items to be sent to India and social life.
Letters from Lady Canning to her husband, Lord Canning during her travels (Oct 1861), briefly describing the sights, her health and concern for husband's welfare.
Photographs (b/w), of watercolours painted by Lady Canning of Indian views; photographs of portraits of Lord and Lady Canning; copies of photographs of Lady Canning, Government House, Calcutta and her grave. Dated as: 1858-61; 1844-61
Letter, dated Mar 1849, from James Andrew Broun-Ramsey, Marquess of Dalhousie (1812-60), Governor-General of India 1848-56, to Sir Henry Miers Elliot (1808-53), Bengal Civil Service 1826-53, Foreign Secretary, Government of India 1847-53, thanking Elliott for his services at the conclusion of the...