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Project / Collection India Office Private Papers Name Madras Army Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. IOR Neg 4381-82

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IOR Neg 4381-82
Title:
Sir Robert Palk papers.
Scope & Content:
Letters and papers of Sir Robert Palk, 1st Bart (1717-98), Governor of Madras 1763-66, MP 1767-68 and 1774-87, chiefly dated 1767-86, but with a few earlier papers including an account, dated 1755, by Maj (later Maj-Gen) Stringer Lawrence of his campaigns in India 1752-54, addressed to Rear-Admir...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1755-1786
Extent:
2 reels

2. Mss Eur A166

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Mss Eur A166
Title:
William John Seaton papers.
Scope & Content:
Six letters with transcripts, written by Col William John Seaton (1836-1917), Indian Army 1855-1917, when he was an ensign in the Madras Infantry, describing the voyage to India, military life, and his experience of the Mutiny.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1855-1858
Extent:
19 folios

3. Mss Eur A183

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Mss Eur A183
Title:
Sir William Casement papers.
Scope & Content:
Copy of letter, dated 13 Mar 1844, to Maj-Gen Sir William Casement (1778-1844), Bengal Army 1796-1844, Member, Supreme Council of India 1839-44, from his colleagues on the Council requesting him to postpone his departure from India because of unrest in the Madras Army.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1844
Extent:
2 folios

4. Mss Eur B102

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B102
Title:
Sir Alexander Allan papers.
Scope & Content:
Journal, dated 1790-91, of campaigns during the third Mysore War, and journal of a tour through the Northern Circars in 1795, probably kept by Capt (later Sir) Alexander Allan, Bart (d 1820), Madras Army 1780-1804, East India Company Director 1814-20.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1790-1795
Extent:
2 volumes

5. Mss Eur B247

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Mss Eur B247
Title:
Malcolm Mcneill papers.
Scope & Content:
Commission papers of Lt Malcolm McNeill (1837-62), Madras Army 1854-62; also a letter, dated Palamcottah 10 Jun 1855, from Lt McNeill to his sister, describing his routine duties.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1854-1857
Extent:
7 folios

6. Mss Eur B296

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Mss Eur B296
Title:
Samuel Hickson papers.
Scope & Content:
Letters and papers of the Hickson family including an account of the service of Samuel Hickson (1755-1814) as a private and NCO in the Madras Army 1778-84, compiled from letters and autobiographical fragments by his great nephew William Edward Hickson (1803-70).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1739-1842
Extent:
3 volumes; 1 folder

7. Mss Eur B316

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B316
Title:
Sir James Mackintosh papers.
Scope & Content:
Letter, dated 20 Aug 1809, from Sir James Mackintosh (1765-1832), Recorder of Bombay 1804-11, to Maj-Gen Sir John Malcolm (1769-1833), Madras Army 1783-1833, commenting on the mutiny at Masulipatam by officers of the Madras Army, and on current events in Europe.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1809
Extent:
4 folios

8. Mss Eur B345

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Mss Eur B345
Title:
Robert Walter Heskett papers.
Scope & Content:
Diary, dated Jul 1861, of a trip from Mangalore to the Mysore Races and the Nilgiris, probably by Lt (later Col) Robert Walter Heskett (1837-1919), Madras Army 1857.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1861
Extent:
1 volume

9. Mss Eur B392

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B392
Title:
Cromwell Massey papers.
Scope & Content:
Diary kept by Lt (later Col) Cromwell Massey (1742-1845), Madras Army 1770-1800, while a prisoner of Haidar Ali and Tipu Sultan at Seringapatam; with printed version published at Bangalore in 1912.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1780-1784
Extent:
2 volumes

10. Mss Eur C245

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C245
Title:
John George Powles papers.
Scope & Content:
Letters of Administration for the estate of Lt John George Powles (1829-60), Madras Army 1850-60, granted to his brother Alfred Ward Powles.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1861
Extent:
1 folio