Copies (to scale and enlargements) of letters, dated 29 Apr and 6 May 1842, from Maj-Gen (later Sir) William Nott (1782-1845), Bengal Army 1799-1845, commander of the army of Kandahar in Afghan War, 1838-42, to Maj-Gen Pollock, chiefly on the lack of funds, stores and carriage preventing him from...
Episcopal letter issued by Daniel Wilson (1778-1858), Bishop of Calcutta 1832-58, licensing St Stephen's Church, Kidderpore, Calcutta, as a place of worship until it could be properly consecrated.
Letters of Capt Francis Irvine (1786-1855), Bengal Army 1805-22, to his father and other relatives, commenting on his health, homesickness and life in India.
`The Labyrinth: A History of the Western Encounter with India': copy of typescript of unpublished book (1982) by Chaturvedi Badrinath, on the Indian reaction to the introduction of western systems of thought.
Letter, dated 1 Dec 1857, from Capt (later Maj) Francis Henry Massey Sitwell (d 1869), Bengal Army 1851-68, ADC to Sir James Outram 1857, describing his experiences during the Indian mutiny, particularly at the relief of Lucknow by Generals Havelock and Outram.
Copies of statements, dated 1989-92, by Herbert Christopher Beaumont (b 1912), Indian Civil Service, Punjab 1936-44, Indian Political Service 1944-47, Private Secretary to Chairman of the Boundary Commissions (Sir Cyril Radcliffe) 1947, discussing the Commissions' work and suggesting in particula...
Copies of two letters, dated 4 Feb 1844 and 8 Oct 1847, from Corp Francis Newnham, 2nd European Light Infantry, to his parents, describing marital prospects, health and other personal matters.
Typescript copy of diary of Eira Gwendoline Platt (1887-1979), later Mrs du Breil, kept during her voyage to India, and describing her tour to India, Aden, Egypt and Sudan.