Copies of four letters from Charles Grant (1746-1823), MP, East India Company servant, Bengal 1773-90, Director 1794-1823, Chairman 1805, 1809, and 1815, to his nieces Mary and Margaret and Margaret's husband the Rev William Fraser, on Fraser's appointment as Chaplain in Bengal, and commenting on...
Two letters, dated 4 Apr 1825 and 7 Feb 1826, from Marianne Atherton describing the exploits of her son Robert Atherton (1801-55), ship's purser on the `Larne', in the first Burmese War, and his subsequent appointment as Governor of Delft Island, Sri Lanka from 5 Dec 1825.
Photocopy of abridged journal, kept by James Rodgers, of the voyage of the Barque `Jamesina', in tow of the steamer `Forbes', from Calcutta to China, the first steam vessel in China.
`Les Juifs en Inde': article on the Jews in India by K Nathanson and V Tourtet (copy extract from `Les Nouvelles de l'Inde' (April 1994) organ of the Indian Embassy in Paris).
`Pakistan's Secretary-General': article on Chaudhuri Mohammad Ali (1905-80), Indian Civil Service 1928-47, Secretary-General, Pakistan 1947-51, Prime Minister of Pakistan 1955-1956; by Sir Eric Alexander Franklin, Indian Civil Service 1935-1947, Deputy Secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat, Pakist...
Letter, dated 5 Aug 1822, from Samuel P Brunsdon (1801-28), formerly a Gunner in the Bengal Artillery, to his half brother John Rolt, describing his life at Serampore as an assistant at the Mission school and commenting on the different preaching styles of the missionaries John Clark Marshman, Wi...
Photocopy of respondentia bond recording loan of £4,500 by Messrs David Hunter, James Begbie and Stuart Donaldson, merchants of Broad St, London, to Capt James Dalrymple (1780-1818), East India Company maritime service 1795-1818, commander of the East Indiaman `Marquis of Ely'; George Henry Tweed...
Four letters, dated 1894-95, from Edward Granville Fittall McCrae (d c1895), British Army, clerk in Deputy Adjutant General's Office, Punjab, concerning promotion prospects, pensions, reorganization of army, anticipation of riots at a Muslim festival, expedition preparations, arrival of new Vicer...