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Project / Collection India Office Private Papers Place China, Asia

1. Mss Eur A20-21; B50-51; C39-45; C68-69; D236-69; E113; F35-41; G27-31

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur A20-21; B50-51; C39-45; C68-69; D236-69; E113; F35-41; G27-31
Title:
Moorcroft Collection: journals, correspondence and notes of William Moorcroft (1765?-1825), veterinary surgeon in the Bengal Army and superintendent of the Company's stud in Bengal 1808-25, apparently employed as a secret agent, chiefly relating to his journey to Bukhara 1820-25 and describing the Himalayan regions through which he passed.
Scope & Content:
Moorcroft Collection: journals, correspondence and notes of William Moorcroft (1765?-1825), veterinary surgeon in the Bengal Army and superintendent of the Company's stud in Bengal 1808-25, apparently employed as a secret agent, chiefly relating to his journey to Bukhara 1820-25 and describing th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1812-1825
Extent:
51 volumes

2. IOR Neg 4377

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR Neg 4377
Title:
Lewin Bentham Bowring papers.
Scope & Content:
Memoir of his early life and service in India by Lewin Bentham Bowring (1824-1910), Bengal Civil Service 1843-70, Private Secretary to Viceroy 1858-62, Chief Commissioner, Mysore and Coorg 1862-70. [For original see Mss Eur G 91]
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1824-1870
Extent:
1 reel

3. IOR Neg 4387

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR Neg 4387
Title:
Sir George Leonard Staunton papers.
Scope & Content:
Private correspondence of Sir George Leonard Staunton, 1st Bart (1737-1801), secretary to Lord Macartney as Governor of Madras 1781-85 and Ambassador to China 1792-94, and of other members of the Staunton Family.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1753-1804
Extent:
1 reel

4. IOR Neg 11606-36

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR Neg 11606-36
Title:
Sir Robert Cowan papers.
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and account books of Sir Robert Cowan, free merchant at Bombay 1719, Chief of the Factory at Goa 1720, Chief at Mocha 1724, Governor of Bombay 1729-34.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1719-1741
Extent:
31 reels

5. IOR Neg 11666

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR Neg 11666
Title:
Madeline Jackson papers.
Scope & Content:
(i) `A personal narrative of the Indian Mutiny - 1857': typescript copy of memoir, dated 1880, by Madeline Jackson, sister of Sir Mountstuart Goodricke Jackson, Bart, Bengal Civil Service, describing her experiences during the Indian Mutiny [see Photo Eur 41 for paper copy]; (ii) Memoir, compiled...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
1 reel

6. Mss Eur A8

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur A8
Title:
Narrative by Capt (later Sir) Murray Maxwell (1775-1831), Royal Navy, of the part played by his ship, HMS `Alceste', in Lord Amherst's Embassy to China, including an account of his exploration of Korea and the Lu-chu Islands, and his engagement with Chinese ships and forts on 13 Nov 1816. Cf H Ellis, `Journal of the proceedings of the late Embassy to China' and John McLeod, `Narrative of a voyage...' (London 1817).
Scope & Content:
Narrative by Capt (later Sir) Murray Maxwell (1775-1831), Royal Navy, of the part played by his ship, HMS `Alceste', in Lord Amherst's Embassy to China, including an account of his exploration of Korea and the Lu-chu Islands, and his engagement with Chinese ships and forts on 13 Nov 1816. Cf H El...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1816-1817
Extent:
1 volume

7. Mss Eur A143

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur A143
Title:
Jean de Lacombe papers.
Scope & Content:
Manuscript, dated Bordeaux 1861, by Jean de Lacombe, Sieur de Quercy (b c1638), entitled `Le Compendiaire du Levant' recounting his voyages in the East Indies as a Captain at Arms in the Dutch East India Company. Published as `A Compendium of the East' by the Golden Cockerel Press (London 1937).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1681
Extent:
1 volume

8. Mss Eur A216

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur A216
Title:
Charles F Helmuth T De Norman papers.
Scope & Content:
Diary of William Charles F Helmuth T de Norman (d 1860), 1st paid attache to the Hon F W A Bruce 1858-60, seconded to Lord Elgin 1860, in three parts: `Journey to Peking' covers defeat of the Anglo-French expedition at Ta-ku fort; `Expedition to Soochow' narrates a private sightseeing tour; and `...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1859-1860
Extent:
1 volume

9. Mss Eur B188

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B188
Title:
Arthur Bowes Smyth papers.
Scope & Content:
`The Original Bowes Smyth Manuscript of his voyage to Australia' (Francis Edwards Ltd 1964): booklet describing journal of the voyage of the East Indiaman `Lady Penrhyn', sailing as one of the `First Fleet' transporting convicts to Australia, kept by Arthur Bowes Smyth, ship's surgeon.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1787-1789
Extent:
20 pages

10. Mss Eur B408

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B408
Title:
Charles Millett papers.
Scope & Content:
Letter book of Charles Millett, Supercargo at Canton, containing summaries of letters written by him on his business and other private concerns.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1824-1827
Extent:
1 volume