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11. Mss Eur B139

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Mss Eur B139
Title:
Frederick Carleton Marsden papers.
Scope & Content:
Four diaries kept by Lt-Col Frederick Carleton Marsden (1803-89), Bengal Army 1825-57; describing his voyage to India and travel and military duties, mainly in the Punjab; also phrase book.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1839-1857
Extent:
5 volumes

12. Mss Eur B167

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Mss Eur B167
Title:
Diaries and memorabilia of Mary Amelia Vansittart, wife of Henry Vansittart (1818-96), Bengal Civil service 1837-71, formerly wife of Lt (later Maj) William Jervis, Bengal Army 1824-57, divorced 1844), including her experiences at Agra during the Mutiny and other Vansittart papers.
Scope & Content:
(1) Diaries and memorabilia of Mary Amelia Vansittart wife of Henry Vansittart (1818-96), Bengal Civil Service 1837-71 (formerly wife of Lt (later Maj) William Jervis Bengal Army 1824-57, divorced 1844), including her experiences at Agra during the Mutiny and other Vansittart papers.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1842-1858
Extent:
5 Items

13. Mss Eur B208

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Mss Eur B208
Title:
Christopher D'Oyley Aplin papers.
Scope & Content:
Diary kept by Capt Christopher D'Oyley Aplin (1787-1833), Bengal Army 1805-33, recording his daily life and social activities while stationed at Cawnpore.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1829-1831
Extent:
1 volume

14. Mss Eur B210

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Mss Eur B210
Title:
Archibald Oliver Wood papers.
Scope & Content:
Letters, dated 1855-61, from Capt (later Lt-Col) Archibald Oliver Wood (1819-95), Bengal Army 1840 and his wife Maria Lydia (Minnie) Wood, nee Blane (1835-89), while in the Punjab; also letters, dated 1842-50, written by Minnie Blane while a schoolgirl; and a genealogy of the Wood family.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1842-1861
Extent:
2 Volumes

15. Mss Eur B211

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Mss Eur B211
Title:
Thomas Nicholl papers.
Scope & Content:
Letter, dated Saugor 28 Apr 1858, written by Lt (later General) Thomas Nicholl (d 1903), Bengal Army 1849, to his sister Selina, giving some news of the Sepoy Rebellion as well as discussing their family and his life in the army.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
4 folios

16. Mss Eur B223

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Mss Eur B223
Title:
Samuel Letts papers.
Scope & Content:
Cover addressed to the Paymaster of the Honourable Company's Military Fund, East India House, endorsed to the effect that Private Samuel Letts, 2nd Bengal European Regiment, is to be paid his share of the Burma Prize Money, and also the share due to the late Private Patrick McNally.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1842
Extent:
1 folio

17. Mss Eur B250

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Mss Eur B250
Title:
Francis David Millett Brown papers.
Scope & Content:
Account book detailing personal expenditure of Maj (later Col) Francis David Millett Brown, VC (1837-95), Bengal Army 1855-95; also `Handbook of Specifications, &c., for the Meerut, Agra, Morar and Bareilly Divisions' (Roorkee 1877), compiled by the Military Works Branch, Public Works Dept, w...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1871-1878
Extent:
2 volumes

18. Mss Eur B255

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Mss Eur B255
Title:
John Keane papers.
Scope & Content:
Letters received by Lt-Gen Sir John Keane, 1st Baron Keane of Ghuznee (1781-1844), British Army 1793, C-in-C, Bombay 1834-40, commanded advance of Army of Indus into Afghanistan 1839: (i) dated 1836-39, from General Sir Henry Fane (1778-1840), British Army 1792, C-in-C, India 1835-39 on various m...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1836-1841
Extent:
2 volumes

19. Mss Eur B260

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Mss Eur B260
Title:
Robert George Hobbes papers.
Scope & Content:
`Scenes in the Cities and Wilds of Hindostan': manuscript by Private Robert George Hobbes (1821-99), Bengal Army 1839-43, clerk on the staff of the Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces; later incorporated into Hobbes's `Reminiscenses of seventy years life, travel and adventure', 2 ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1852
Extent:
1 volume

20. Mss Eur B291

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Mss Eur B291
Title:
Thomas Wilson papers.
Scope & Content:
Printed copy of memorial, dated 1827, to the Court of Directors of the East India Company made by Lt-Gen Thomas Wilson (1779-1856), Bengal Army from 1796, requesting payment in arrears of his pension; with supporting papers; also letters, dated 1817-52, to Wilson from various correspondents inclu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1817-1852
Extent:
1 volume