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31. Mss Eur C315

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Mss Eur C315
Title:
Copies and trasnscripts of family correspondence and papers chiefly concerning David MacFarlan (1797-1854), Bengal Civil Service 1816-47; his wife Mary Ann (nee Hogg) (1810-73) and son Lt-Gen David MacFarlan (1833-99), Bengal Artillery 1853-89; including letters home 1813-36; Mrs MacFarlan's diary and household accounts; further letters 1856-57 containing references to siege of Lucknow; family papers 1889-91.
Scope & Content:
Copies and transcripts of family correspondence and papers chiefly concerning David MacFarlan (1797-1854), Bengal Civil Service 1816-47, his wife Mary Ann (nee Hogg) (1810-73), and son Lt-Gen David MacFarlan (1833-99), Bengal Artillery 1853-89; including letters home (1813-36); Mrs MacFarlan's di...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1813-1901
Extent:
9 items

32. Mss Eur C402

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Mss Eur C402
Title:
Lewin Bentham Bowring papers.
Scope & Content:
Diaries of Lewin Bentham Bowring (1824-1910), Bengal Civil Service 1843-70, Private Secretary to Viceroy 1858-62, Chief Commissioner, Mysore and Coorg 1862-70, giving details of his work, travels, retirement and current events.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1854-1909
Extent:
4 volumes

33. Mss Eur C476

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Mss Eur C476
Title:
William Ford papers.
Scope & Content:
Papers of William Ford (1821-1905), Bengal Civil Service 1843-69: (i) copy letters (1799-1805) of Maj-Gen John Anthony Hodgson (1777-1848), Bengal Army 1800-48, made by his daughter Catherine (Ford's wife), including operations in Ceylon 1803- 05; (ii) drawings of Indian scenes (1822-23) by `Pear...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1799-1858
Extent:
1 folder

34. Mss Eur C490

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Mss Eur C490
Title:
Henry Walmesley Hammond papers.
Scope & Content:
Miscellaneous papers of Henry Walmesley Hammond (1827-63), Bengal Civil Service 1849-63, Secretary, Sudder Board of Revenue, North-Western Provinces 1854-59; also account of the Dore family's experiences during the mutiny at Fatehgarh.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1856-1868
Extent:
1 folder

35. Mss Eur C670

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Mss Eur C670
Title:
Alexander Gordon Caulfield papers.
Scope & Content:
Letter from Alexander Gordon Caulfield, cloth manufacturer of Luckypore (Lakshmipur), Bengal, to Newton Gordon Murdoch & Co, ordering wine on behalf of James Bruce Laing (d 1823), Bengal Civil Service 1794-1823.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1804
Extent:
2 folios

36. Mss Eur C793

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C793
Title:
Akbar Shah II papers.
Scope & Content:
Manuscript letter in pencil from Akbar Shah II, Mogul Emperor, to Robert Neave, Bengal Civil Service 1824-37 Magistrate and Collector, Central Division of Delhi Territory 1832-35, asking his help in recovering the rent arrears of properties owned by the crown. The Thanahdar (Chief of Police) of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 folio

37. Mss Eur C841

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C841
Title:
Henry Thomas Colebrooke papers.
Scope & Content:
Letters (in French) from August Wilhelm von Schlegel (1767-1845) oriental scholar to Henry Thomas Colebrooke (1765-1837), oriental scholar, Bengal Civil Service 1783-1814, Member of Governor General's Council 1807-12.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1821-1828
Extent:
1 portfolio

38. Mss Eur C843

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Mss Eur C843
Title:
Sir William James Herschel papers.
Scope & Content:
List of token signatures of those who cannot write or read compiled for Sir William James Herschel, 2nd Bart (1833-1917), Bengal Civil Service (1853-78), by an office clerk at Midnapore, Bengal: e.g. a small drawing of scales for a shopkeeper, or a cleaver for a butcher.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1865
Extent:
1 portfolio

39. Mss Eur C877

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Mss Eur C877
Title:
Letter, dated 12 Nov 1883, from Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall (1835-1911), Bengal Civil Service 1856-87, Lieutenant-Governor of North-Western Provinces 1882-87 to Henry Yates Thompson, proprietor of the Pall Mall Gazette, commenting on the difficulty of interesting people at home in Indian matters, on the Ilbert Bill, on upper class Indian opposition to local government reform, and on Sir Syed Ahmed who 'from our political point of view is too much an Englishman.'
Scope & Content:
Letter, dated 12 Nov 1883, from Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall (1835-1911), Bengal Civil Service 1856-87, Lieutenant-Governor of North-Western Provinces 1882-87 to Henry Yates Thompson, proprietor of the Pall Mall Gazette, commenting on the difficulty of interesting people at home in Indian matters, on t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1883
Extent:
3 folios

40. Mss Eur D506

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Mss Eur D506
Title:
Bengal Revenue Consultations papers.
Scope & Content:
Copies of Bengal Revenue Consultations and other official documents chiefly concerning the Commission of Enquiry into the insurrection by cultivators in Rangpur provoked by the conduct of the revenue farmer Raja Devi Singh, and the charges of mis conduct brought against Richard Goodlad, Bengal Ci...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1784-1786
Extent:
1 volume