Copy of letter from Sgt Christopher McGuiness (c1819-58), Bengal Army 1840-58, Department of Public Works, giving his views on the Bengal Sepoy and the causes of the Mutiny; also copy of letter, dated 29 Sep 1854, from his daughter to her cousin.
Copy of journals of Capt William Cunningham (1793-1837), Madras Army 1810-37; and of memorial, dated 1852, of his father-in-law Lt-Gen Andrew Hervey (1790-1862), Bengal Army 1805-62, complaining of having been passed over for a Brigade Command.
Copies of two letters, dated 29 Dec 1859, from Col Keith Young (1806-62), Bengal Army 1823-62, Judge Advocate General 1854-62, to his wife Frances, and one dated 20 Dec 1859 to Young from William Joseph Allen (1812-88), Bengal Civil Service 1829-65.
Copy of diary, dated Jan-Sept 1863, of Capt James Jenkins Blair (1840-70), Bengal Army 1856-70, recording his daily life, and including accounts of hunting trips in Central India.
Letter from Joseph Lamb (b c1818), Bengal Army 1839-60, Quarter Master Sergeant, 70th Bengal Native Infantry, to his father, concerning family matters.
Copies of letter, dated 16 Apr 1857, from Ensign Charles Gregory Way (d 1857), Bengal Army 1857; and of two letters, dated 1878, from Maj George Augustus Way, Bengal Army 1855, and his wife Katherine, written to their sister Mrs Edith Boycott; commenting on army life and family matters.
`Narrative of Events Connected with the Defence of Attock in 1848-49': account dated 1866, by Lt-Col (later Maj-Gen) Charles Herbert (1820-97), Bengal Army 1841-78, of his defence of Attock as a young Lieutenant during the 2nd Sikh War.
`The Sleeman Family in India 1809-59': copy of chapter, dated 1988, from `A History of the Sleeman Family' by Judge (Stuart) Colin Sleeman, mainly describing the life and career of Maj-Gen Sir William Henry Sleeman (1788-1856), Bengal Army 1809-56, in civil employ 1820-56.
`The Life and Times of a Regiment': copy of account, dated 1988, of the 4th/16th Punjab Regiment by Lt-Col John Arthur Valentine Bolam (1908-88), Indian Army 1928-47, covering the history, formation, organisation and campaigns of the regiment.
Copy of diary of Capt (later Maj-Gen) Augustus Arthur Currie (c1830-84), Bengal Army 1849-80, mainly describing his experiences of family and social life in England (until Jun 1862) and India; also lecture (nd) describing his experiences during Abyssinian expedition and march to Magdala, Jan-Jun ...