ROMILLY ALLEN COLLECTION. Nos. LXXVII.- LXXXVII. History of Appliances. Drafts of the classification are prefixed to the first volume. Eleven volumes.
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Manners and Customs: Collections on the History of Appliances by J. Romilly Allen: 19th cent. Manufactures: Collections relating to the History of Appliances by J. Romilly Allen: 19th cent. Machinery: Collections by J. Romilly Allen relating to history of appliances.: 19th cent. History of Ap...
LETTERS from William Wogan to the Rt. Hon. Edward Southwell, Secretary of State for Ireland, etc., chiefly concerned with bills of the Irish Parliament sent over to England for sanction; London, 3 July, 1703-8 May, 1718. Two volumes. Paper. Small folio. Phillipps MS. 8583 (sale-cat. 1908, lot 696).
"PRIVATE LETTERS," sc. letters of a confidential nature written by Lord Auckland (with a few from his; secretaries) to the following, among others, viz. Col. Sir. Henry Pottinger, Resident in Sindh, Sir Robert Grant, Governor of Bombay, John, Lord Elphinstone, Governor of Madras, Sir Charles Metcalfe, Lieut. Gov. of the N.W. Provinces (till his retirement in 1838), and Thomas Campbell Robertson, his successor, Sir John Cam Hobhouse, President of the Board of Control (the original letters are...
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Thomas Campbell Robertson, Lieutenant -Governor of the NW: Letters to, from Lord Auckland: 1836-1842. Sir Robert Grant, Governor, of Bombay: Letters to, from Lord Auckland: 1836-1842. John Elphinstone, 13th Baron Elphinstone; Indian governor: Letters to, as Governor of Madras, from Lord Auckla...
"MINUTE BOOKS," containing minutes and observations of Lord Auckland based on reports and letters of various committees and political agents; 1836-1842. Five volumes. Among the more important subjects treated are: (a) Removal of restrictions on the Press. I. f. 88;-(b) Navigation of the Indus. I. f. 98;-(c) Exportation of Coolies. II. f. 53 b, V. f. 94 b;-(d) The Opium Question. II. f. 173 b;-(e) The Pilgrim Tax. III. f. 3;-(f) Slavery. III. f. 60, V. ff. 100 b, 114b;-(g) Status of uncovenan...
"CHINA BOOKS," consisting of copies of minutes and letters of Lord Auckland, written to the British Plenipotentiaries and Commanders, etc., in China during the "Opium War" in 1840-1842, viz. Capt. Charles Elliot and Adm. Sir George Elliot, Naval Commander-in-chief, acting as Joint- Plenipotentiaries, Adm. Sir James John Gordon Bremer, Naval Commander-in-chief before Adm. Elliot, Gen. Sir Hugh Gough, Commander of the Land Forces, Sir Henry Pottinger, who superseded Capt. Elliot as Plenipotent...
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General Sir Hugh Gough, Commander of the Forces in China: Letters to, from Lord Auckland: 1840-1842. Admiral Sir George Elliott: Letters to, as Plenipotentiary in China, from Lord Auckland: 1840-1842. Captain Charles Elliot: Letters to, as Plenipotentiary in China, from Lord Auckland: 1840-184...