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1. Mss Eur Orme

Reference (shelfmark):
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

2. Mss Eur Orme India

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Orme India
Title:
Orme India
Scope & Content:
The INDIA volumes, containing almost entirely copies of manuscripts, the originals of most of which are to be found in the ORME VARIOUS, though some [e.g. the Eyre Coote Journals (VII. 3, 4; VIII. 2), the originals of which, I fear, are hopelessly lost.], and these not the least important, are c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Portuguese
Date Range:
1745-1780s
Extent:
20 Volumes

3. Mss Eur Orme India I

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Orme India I
Title:
Book, and Correspondences chiefly regarding Arcot, and Clive
Scope & Content:
1, pp. [i-iv] and 1-49. General Idea of the Government and People of Indostan, by Robert Orme, Sept. 1753. Apparently a copy of the missing volume 53. Preface and three Books." Book I. composed at Calcutta., Sept. 1752, corrected on board the ship Pelham, 1753" ; "Book II. Composed at Calcutta i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1760s-1780s
Extent:
1 volume, 261 pages

4. Mss Eur Orme India II

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Orme India II
Title:
Correspondences Regarding The French Military Presence and Their Defeat
Scope & Content:
1, pp. 251-268. Journal de ce qui s'est passé depuis la mort de Naerdjang et pendant le séjour du Seigneur Mozaferdjang dans la ville de Pondicherry. Copied from 15.5. This covers the period 16 December 1750 to 15 Janurary 1751. 2, pp. 268-276. Part of a letter, dated – 1751, from Captain Cope...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1760s-1780s
Extent:
1 volume, 269 pages

5. Mss Eur Orme India III

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Orme India III
Title:
Correspondences Relating to Fighting the French Army
Scope & Content:
pp. [i-iii]. Index, i.e., Table of Contents. Continued at the end of the volume. 1, pp. 517-594. Part of a narrative composed by Captain John Dalton, of the military transactions in the Carnatic from the taking of Captain Maskelyne, June 1751 to the 14th of November 1753, when Captain Dalton le...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1760s-1780s
Extent:
1 volume, 278 pages

6. Mss Eur Orme India IV

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Orme India IV
Title:
Correspondences Chiefly Relating to the Defences and Loss of Calcutta, and Jaffer Ally Cawn
Scope & Content:
1, pp. 789-800. Journal of the Proceedings of the Troops commanded by Colonel Clive on the expedition to Bengal. Copied from 20. 4. 2, pp. 801-803. Letter dated Fort St. George, 29 April 1757, from Capt. Jonathan Brooke to –. Copied from 20.2. 3, pp. 804-821. Account of the loss of Calcutta by...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1760s-1780s
Extent:
1 volume, 273 pages

7. Mss Eur Orme India IX

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Orme India IX
Title:
Documents Relating To the Military Presence at Madras and Bombay, and correspondences of such other officials as Watt's and the French Governor-General Dupleix
Scope & Content:
[pp. i-iii]. Index, i.e. Table of Contents. Continued at the end of the volume. 1, pp. 2126-2158. Account of the Island of Bombay by a person unknown, with an index (p. 2158). Continued from VII I. 17 above. 2, pp. 2159-2174. From this to page 2174 are the adventures of a person unknown, who c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1760s-1780s
Extent:
1 volume, 269 pages

8. Mss Eur Orme India J

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Orme India J
Title:
Various Early Printed Papers Relating to India
Scope & Content:
pp. [i-iii]. Table of Contents. As the volume contains only printed papers, it is probably only the first volume of a collection of printed papers dealing with India, but as it is lettered on the back "India, 1753-1774, Vol. J," it has been included here. 1, pp. 1-4 (37 X 27 cm.) (cut down). By...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Portuguese
Date Range:
1753-1774
Extent:
1 Volume, 391 pages

9. Mss Eur Orme India V

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Orme India V
Title:
Correspondences Chiefly Regarding Intelligence, Descriptions, and Indigenous Leaders
Scope & Content:
1, pp. 1060-1086, Narrative of the affairs and War of the Carnatic from the death of Murzafajing, Feby. 1751 to the Escalacle of Tritchanopoly, &c., December 1753. Copied from 15. 1. Pages 1071-1073 are copied in II. 26 above. 2, pp. 1086-1087. Description of Tritchanopoly, Copied from 15.2...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1760s-1780s
Extent:
1 volume, 269 pages

10. Mss Eur Orme India VI

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Orme India VI
Title:
Correspondences Relating to British Personnel in India
Scope & Content:
1, p. 1324. A list of the officers killed and wounded in the siege of Fort St. George, 1759. Copied from 26. 1. 2, p. 1325. Ammunition expended in the siege of Fort St. George, 1759. Copied from 26. 2. 3, pp. 1325-1327. Account of the battle of Wandewash, dated 23 Jan. 1761, with a return of t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1760s-1780s
Extent:
1 volume, 268 pages