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Project / Collection India Office Private Papers Place Chandernagore, Bengal Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. Mss Eur B248

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Mss Eur B248
Title:
Harvay papers.
Scope & Content:
`The Fortunate Englishman': an incomplete memoir written in humorous fashion by a Mr Harvay, describing his voyage to India, and adventures as an East India Company factor in Bengal from c1752 and as a lieutenant under Robert Clive at Plassey and Chandernagore in 1757.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1752-1758
Extent:
94 folios

2. Mss Eur F193

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Mss Eur F193
Title:
Verl e Collection: papers of a group of French officials and indigo planters living mainly at Chandernagore
Scope & Content:
Verlee Collection: personal, business, legal and official papers of a group of French officials and indigo planters living mainly at Chandernagore.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1735-1840
Extent:
107 items

3. Mss Eur Orme

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Mss Eur Orme
Title:
Robert Orme papers.
Scope & Content:
Orme Collection: papers of Robert Orme (1728-1801), East India Company servant, Bengal and Madras 1743-58, historiographer to the Company 1769-1801, chiefly collected for his `History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan from the year 1745' (London 1763, 1778).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1636-1796
Extent:
356 volumes