Letters from Captain Thomas Nicholl (1796-1842), Bengal Artillery 1816-42, written mostly while in camp to his children, Thomas and Ellen, in Calcutta.
Correspondence and papers concerning the death of Captain Nicholl in Afghanistan, including letters from Captain Robert Waller, Bengal Artillery 1826-58, and his wife describing their experiences at the time, with additional material on the memorial at Dum Dum to members of the Bengal Artillery k...
Letters to Ernest Nicholl (b 1867) in England from his parents in Cossipore giving advice on his choice of career and the need to work hard and behave well at school.
Miscellaneous family correspondence and papers including two photographs of Major-General Alexander Henry Edmonstone Boileau (1807-62), Bengal Engineers 1827-62, General Thomas Nicholl's father-in-law.
Correspondence about the whereabouts and maintenance of the tombs of members of the Nicholl and Boileau families in India, with genealogical and biographical material.