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1. IOR/P/3/25 12 Mar 1787 pp 286-304

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IOR/P/3/25 12 Mar 1787 pp 286-304
Title:
Land allocation for the Calcutta Botanical Garden, plus procurement of roots, herbs and trees
Scope & Content:
pp 286-304. Letter from Robert Kyd relating to land allocated for the botanical garden in Calcutta; plus memorandum on the procurement for the garden of "various roots, herbs and trees from Bombay, Madras, Penang and China".
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1787
Extent:
19 pages

2. IOR/P/3/33 6 Feb 1788 pp 188-94

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IOR/P/3/33 6 Feb 1788 pp 188-94
Title:
Lieutenant Colonel Robert Kyd proposes research be conducted into the minerals, birds, animals and other branches of natural history in India
Scope & Content:
pp 188-96.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
06 Feb 1788
Extent:
9 pages

3. IOR/P/3/38 15 Sep 1788 pp 347-49

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IOR/P/3/38 15 Sep 1788 pp 347-49
Title:
Lieutenant-Colonel Kyd's proposal for keeping meteorological registers at different stations to examine the physical effects of climate
Scope & Content:
pp 347-49 Suggests that Collectors in the provinces keep a regular meteorological register to provide the administration with information by which to examine the physical effects of the climate. p 354. Encloses a draft scheme for the register, submitted as "an outline for correction".
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Sep 1788
Extent:
4 pages

4. IOR/P/3/38 Sep 1788 pp 258-354

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IOR/P/3/38 Sep 1788 pp 258-354
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Kyd regarding the cultivation of the prickly pear and cochineal insect; plus recording meteorological and agricultural information
Scope & Content:
No. 19, Letter from Lieutenant Coloneal Robert Kyd dated 08 Sep 1788. [pp 258-346] Kyd discusses the expedition of Thiery de Menonville to Guaxaca to retrieve samples of the prickly pear and cochineal insect. The letter contains extensive extracts from Nicolas-Joseph Thiery de Menonville, Traité...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
08 Sep 1788
Extent:
97 pages

5. IOR/P/3/48 2 Oct 1789 pp 28-80

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IOR/P/3/48 2 Oct 1789 pp 28-80
Title:
Robert Kyd's remarks on the Company's garden in Calcutta, made in response to a paper on the same by Sir Joseph Banks
Scope & Content:
pp 28-80.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
02 Oct 1789
Extent:
53 pages

6. IOR/P/3/52 30 Apr 1790 pp 366-89

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IOR/P/3/52 30 Apr 1790 pp 366-89
Title:
Calcutta Botanic Gardens
Scope & Content:
List of trees and plants introduced into the gardens
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Apr 1790
Extent:
1 file

7. IOR/P/3/53 2 Jul 1790 pp 350-72

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IOR/P/3/53 2 Jul 1790 pp 350-72
Title:
Letters to Government from Lieutenant Colonel Robert Kyd reporting on various botanical subjects
Scope & Content:
Bengal Public Proceedings, 2nd July 1790: [pp 350-355] Letter from Lieutenant Colonel Robert Kyd to the Secretary to Government, dated Calcutta 25th June 1790, regarding the cultivation of Mawah and Teak, and reporting that there were upwards of one thousand plants of Spanish American Napaul [...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1790
Extent:
1 file

8. IOR/P/3/53 30 Jul 1790 pp 680-95

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IOR/P/3/53 30 Jul 1790 pp 680-95
Title:
Proceedings regarding the climate of Northern India
Scope & Content:
Bengal Public Proceedings, 2nd July 1790: [pp 680-683] Letter from Lieutenant Colonel Robert Kyd to David Hay, Secretary to Government, dated Calcutta 27th July 1790, regarding the benefits to the health of Europeans of the climate near the northern frontiers of India, in contrast to the dange...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1790-Jul 1790
Extent:
1 file

9. IOR/P/3/54 22 Oct 1790 pp 773-89

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IOR/P/3/54 22 Oct 1790 pp 773-89
Title:
Communication from Robert Kyd recommending that Coffee Arabica plants be brought over for cultivation from Mocha; and William Roxburgh on the Malda process for manufacturing indigo dye
Scope & Content:
pp 773-89.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Oct 1790
Extent:
17 pages

10. IOR/P/4/5 19 Aug 1791 pp 147-52

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IOR/P/4/5 19 Aug 1791 pp 147-52
Title:
Enumeration of the plants in the Honourable Company's Botanical Garden Calcutta, as of 12th August 1791
Scope & Content:
pp 146-52.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Aug 1791
Extent:
7 pages