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1. Add MS 14758

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Add MS 14758
Title:
TRAVELS in the Caucasus, Georgia, Persia, Armenia, ancient Babylonia, etc., with notes, maps, plans, surveys, views, and other drawings of interesting objects; by Sir Robert Ker Porter, K.C.H., during his travels in those countries, in the years 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820. The author's original manuscript; with a table of contents prefixed, commenced by him, and completed by his sister, Miss Jane Porter, who has added a few notes. Many more drawings are contained in this volume, and on a much la...
Scope & Content:
Volume 1 contains folios 1-111. Volume 2 contains folios 112-217. Russia: Military sketch of: 1812. Sir Robert Ker Porter, painter and traveller: Letters to him from Prince Abbas Mirza: 1819-1821. Sir Robert Ker Porter, painter and traveller: Travels in the Caucasus, Georgia, Persia, Armenia,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1812-1821
Extent:
1 item in 2 volumes

2. Add MS 15884

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COPIES of various Memorials, Resolutions, Letters, and Political Papers, made for Solomon Dayrolle during his residency at the Hague, from 1747 to 1756, viz.:- Memorials presented by S. Dayrolle, from 12 June, 1747, to 7 Sept. 1756, chiefly addressed to the States, but also to the following persons, viz. : the Prince of Orange, f. 1 ; the Greffier Fagel, f. 2; the States of Holland, f. 3; the Council of State, ff. 3 b., 4 ; the Baron de 'Sgravemoer, (President of the Council of Holland,) f....
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Solomon Dayrolle, diplomatist: Memorials and papers during his residency: 1747-1756. includes: f.. 70 Treaties: Convention between Great Britain, Hungary, Sardinia, and the States: 1748. f. 75 Treaties: Treaty between Great Britain and Russia: 1747. f. 78 b Bergen-op-Zoom, the Netherlands: Jou...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1747-1756
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 39141

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LAYARD PAPERS. Vol. CCXI (ff. 263). Three series of papers: A. Miscellaneous papers, relative chiefly to Oriental affairs and including: 1. The Armenian Constitution of 1860, in English. f. 1. 2. Memorandum on the lower part of the Mahanuddy river in Orissa [by Sir Arthur Thomas Cotton, K.C.S....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Spanish
Date Range:
1849-1874
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 39157

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LAYARD PAPERS. Vol. CCXXVII (ff. 169). Confidential print, consisting of: A. Papers relating to Abyssinia: (l) "Memorandum respecting Abyssinia." Date of printing, 18 Nov. 1863. f. 1; (2) "Further Memorandum respecting the state of affairs in Abyssinia, and the imprisonment of the British Consul...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1852-1877
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 39892

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WARREN HASTINGS PAPERS. Vol. XXII (ff. 141). Papers relating to India and the East, viz. : 1. " Journal of a journey from Petersburgh to Reshd "; 26 Feb. 1740-28 June 1742. The journal of George Thompson, differing somewhat from the journal of the journey of the two merchants, Thompson and Reyno...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
1740-1827
Extent:
1 item

6. Mss Eur A3-5; B4-10; C9-10; D26-32; E49-50

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Mss Eur A3-5; B4-10; C9-10; D26-32; E49-50
Title:
Erskine Collection: papers collected by William Erskine (1773-1852), legal office holder, Bombay from 1804, Master in Equity, Recorder's Court 1820-23; Secretary and later Vice-President of the Bombay Literary Society 1805-23; oriental scholar; chiefly relating to the history, geography, customs and antiquities of the peoples of India and Central Asia.
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Erskine Collection: papers collected by William Erskine (1773-1852), legal office holder, Bombay from 1804, Master in Equity, Recorder's Court 1820-23; Secretary and later Vice-President of the Bombay Literary Society 1805-23; oriental scholar; chiefly relating to the history, geography, customs ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1804-1841
Extent:
21 volumes

7. Mss Eur A111

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Mss Eur A111
Title:
Sir Allen Bayard Johnson papers.
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Five letters from various correspondents to General Sir Allen Bayard Johnson (1829-1907), Bengal Army 1846-76, Military Secretary, India Office 1877-89, concerning patronage and other matters; also note, dated 1887, from Viscount Cross, Secretary of State for India 1886-92, asking for a memorandu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1869-1889
Extent:
9 folios

8. Mss Eur A153

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Mss Eur A153
Title:
Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall papers.
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Two letters from Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall (1835-1911), Bengal Civil Service 1856-87, Foreign Secretary, Government of India 1878-81, Lieutenant-Governor of North-Western Provinces 1882-87, to Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff (1829-1906), Under-Secretary of State for India 1868-74, Governor of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1878-1887
Extent:
9 folios

9. Mss Eur B198

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Mss Eur B198
Title:
Henry George Grey papers.
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Letter, dated 8 Oct 1838, from Henry George Grey, Viscount Howick, later 3rd Earl Grey (1802-94), Secretary at War 1835-39, to Lord John Russell (1792-1878), Home Secretary 1835-39, criticising Government policy towards Afghanistan, Persia, and more particularly Russia.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1838
Extent:
7 folios

10. Mss Eur B234

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Mss Eur B234
Title:
William Wilberforce Bird papers.
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Letter, dated 11 Jun 1840, from William Willerforce Bird (d 1857), Bengal Civil Service 1803-44, Member, Supreme Council of India 1838-44, to William Butterworth Bayley (1782-1860), Bengal Civil Service 1799-1830, East India Company Director 1834-58, Chairman 1840, mainly discussing affairs in Af...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1840
Extent:
5 folios