Copies of letters and papers, dated 1808, 1817-19 and 1845, of Gunner Alfred Wilson (b c1792), Bengal Artillery c1818-20, mainly describing his experience in the Bengal Army 1818-19, including an attempt at desertion.
`The La Bouchardiere Family: an index and Family Tree 1700-1990': copy of genealogy by Basil Richard Emile La Bouchardiere (b 1913), Indian Police, Bombay 1936-47, Pakistan Police 1947-48.
Letter, dated 15 Feb 1791, from Lt (later Maj) William Wardrobe, British Army 1784-1806, to his sister in Edinburgh, describing his treatment as a prisoner of war by Tipu Sultan and parole during the Mysore War.
`Hill Districts of Assam': copy of undated note on the future of tribal peoples of Assam in an independent India, submitted to British Cabinet Mission (1946) by Rev James Joy Mohon Nichols-Roy (b 1884), Christian missionary, Member, Assam Legislative Council and Assembly 1921-46, Minister in Assa...
Two letters written and received by Maj (later Col) George Rowland Edwards (b 1810), Madras Army 1826-61, concerning the suppression of dacoity and the cultivation of flax and linseed in India; also transcript of letter, dated 1826, from his father John Edwards (b 1773), giving spiritual and mora...
Edited transcript of memoir, covering the years 1789-1831, of Alexander Duncan Campbell (1789-1857), Madras Civil Service 1808-42, describing his official duties and scholarly work on Telugu and Tamil; also printed papers including his complaint, dated 1833, concerning his removal from the collec...
Transcript of letter from Maj-Gen Alexander Henry Edward Campbell 1835-1929, Madras Army 1854-86, to Dr Alexander G Mowat, Church Missionary Society, on the interest of officers of Jalna Garrison, Hyderabad, and of British other ranks at Secunderabad, in missionary work in the 1850s.
Copy extract of letter, dated 14 Jan 1799, from George Dempster Guthrie (d 1813), describing the murder at Benares of Robert Graham, Bengal Civil Service 1794-99, George Frederick Cherry (b 1761), Bengal Civil Service 1778, Resident at Benares 1793, and two others, by Wazir Ali the deposed Nawab ...
Letter from Philip Mason (b 1906), Indian Civil Service 1928-47, Joint Secretary to Government of India, War Dept 1944-47, to Lt-Col Lionel Heathcote Landon (b 1907), British Army, Royal Artillery 1929, on reasons why the British could not have delayed their withdrawal from India.
`Domino-effect south of capricorn': typescript history by W A J Street of St Helena in the 18th and 19th centuries and its geographical importance to the East India Company, with some comments on the Cape Colony.