This is an artificial collection, formed in the late 19th century of documents of varying provenance, Company and Board of Control, dealing with British relations with the French in India and the Indian Ocean. Some material on the Dutch and Danes is also included.
A similar collection to I/1 but dealing with relations with the Dutch in India, Malaysia and Indonesia. Some material on the Danes and French is also included.
Transcripts and translations of Dutch and Portuguese records
Scope & Content:
These were obtained by Frederick Charles Danvers (Registrar and Superintendent of Records at the India Office from 1884 to 1898) from the archives at the Hague, Lisbon, and Evora etc between 1891 and 1895. The Dutch collection (1600-1700) mainly comprises correspondence with Indonesia. The Port...
East India Company: writers' petitions, and Haileybury petitions, certificates, and papers concerning students
Scope & Content:
Writers' Petitions (1749-1805) and Committee of College References and Papers (1806-56) contain candidates' autograph petitions, with certificates of age, testimonials and occasional work specimens. The Committee papers contain in addition printed 'forms of interrogation' completed by the candida...
IORJ/2/1-4 are fair copies of the minutes. IOR/J/2/5-12 are the original minutes and also include correspondence and papers addressed to the Committee, in continuation of those contained in IOR/J/1/19 and IOR/J/1/21-40. The first ten volumes are indexed.