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1. Add MS 39871-39904

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Add MS 39871-39904
Title:
WARREN HASTINGS PAPERS, supplementary to the collection in Add. MSS. 28973-29236. They comprise official letter-books, private correspondence of Warren Hastings and his wife, diaries, poems and other literary remains, etc. The papers were used by G. R. Gleig, Memoirs of the Life of Warren Hastings, 1841; by Sir Charles Lawson, The Private Life of Warren Hastings, 1905; and by Lord Curzon, British Government in India, 1925. Thirty three volumes and three deeds in a box. Bequeathed by Miss Mar...
Scope & Content:
India: Supplementary correspondence and papers of Warren Hastings: 1774-1818. Warren Hastings, Governor-General of India: Supplementary official and private correspondence and papers: 1774-1818.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Latin, and Persian
Date Range:
[1740-1836]
Extent:
51 items

2. Add MS 39891

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Scope & Content:
WARREN HASTINGS PAPERS. Vol. XXI (ff. 339). Literary Remains. Mostly in the hand of Warren Hastings and of his composition. The chief contents are: 1. On Oriental subjects: (a) " The History of Rooroo and Promod- Bora, taken from the eighth and ninth chapters of the first book of the Mahà-baurut...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
1 item

3. 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