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Name Bengal Medical Service, 1764-1896

1. Mss Eur A30; B80-89; B96-97; C73; D304; D359-433; E153-58; E160; E191

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Mss Eur A30; B80-89; B96-97; C73; D304; D359-433; E153-58; E160; E191
Title:
Wilson Collection (2): scholarly working papers of Horace Hayman Wilson (qv) comprising abstracts and translations of Sanskrit epics, Puranas, Upapuranas, and the Rigveda; abstracts of manuscripts in the Mackenzie Collection (qv); various papers by Wilson and others including translation by Sir Charles Wilkins of much of the `Mahabharata, Adiparvan', and part two of Henry Thomas Colebrooke's Sanskrit verbal roots.
Scope & Content:
Wilson Collection (2): scholarly working papers of Horace Hayman Wilson (qv) comprising abstracts and translations of Sanskrit epics, Puranas, Upapuranas, and the Rigveda; abstracts of manuscripts in the Mackenzie Collection (qv); various papers by Wilson and others including translation by Sir C...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1818-1857
Extent:
103 volumes

2. Mss Eur B295

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B295
Title:
Correspondence of John Bishop King (1829 - 1900), Dr William King (1786 - 1865), and family.
Scope & Content:
Correspondence of John Bishop King (1829-1900), Bengal Medical Service 1855-74, including letters written from Penang; also correspondence of his father Dr William King (1786-1865), author of the monthly journal `The Co-operator', published 1828-30; and of other members of the family.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1836-1866
Extent:
10 items

3. Mss Eur B400

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Mss Eur B400
Title:
Thomas Erskine Dempster papers.
Scope & Content:
Manuscript account, undated but after 1857, of the mutiny of the 47th Native Infantry in 1824 at Barrackpore, by Thomas Erskine Dempster (1799-1883), Bengal Medical Service 1820-57, Assistant Surgeon of the 47th Jan-Nov 1824. Published in `Journal of Society for Army Historical Research', 54 (197...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1824
Extent:
37 folios

4. Mss Eur B404

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B404
Title:
John Crawfurd papers.
Scope & Content:
`The Crawfurd Papers' (Bangkok 1915): a collection of official records relating to the mission of John Crawfurd (1783-1868), Bengal Medical Service 1803-27, oriental scholar, sent to Siam by the Government of India in 1821.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1821
Extent:
1 volume

5. Mss Eur Buchanan

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Buchanan
Title:
Papers of Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (1762-1829)
Scope & Content:
Papers of Francis Buchanan-Hamilton, comprising: Journals of his Deputation from Bengal to Ava [Burma], 1795-1798 Observations on Nepal, 1802 Natural history observations and drawings made at the Barrackpore Menagerie Notes, descriptions and natural history illustrations in preparation for Fishe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1795-1823
Extent:
56 volumes

6. Mss Eur C101

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Mss Eur C101
Title:
Francis Maxwell papers.
Scope & Content:
Typescript copy of letters to his family from Francis Maxwell (d 1805), Bengal Medical Service 1797-1805, describing his life and medical work, including service with the Bengal Army in the Madras Presidency.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
1 volume

7. Mss Eur C193

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Mss Eur C193
Title:
Henry Ambrose Oldfield papers
Scope & Content:
Vols A-B: Letters of Henry Ambrose Oldfield (1822-71), Bengal Medical Service 1848-68, Residency Surgeon, Nepal 1850-63, and of his wife Margaret Alicia (nee Prescot) (1835-1929), chiefly written from Nepal to his mother; photographs of Maharaja and nobles of Nepal; Vols 2-3: Two volumes containi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1846-1866
Extent:
4 volumes; 1 portfolio

8. Mss Eur C324

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Mss Eur C324
Title:
Thomas Mawe papers.
Scope & Content:
Letters, dated Jan 1855 and May-Jun 1857, from Thomas Mawe (1816-57), Bengal Medical Service 1844-57, to his sister describing the early stages of the Sepoy Rebellion in Nowgong, Bundelkhand; with `Personal Narrative of the Escape from Nowgong' by Lt-Gen Patrick George Scot (1823-94), Bengal Army...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1855-1857
Extent:
1 folder

9. Mss Eur C366

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C366
Title:
William Stephens Dicken papers.
Scope & Content:
Manuscript and typescript journals, dated 1829-30 and 1857-58, of William Stephens Dicken (1804-61), Bengal Medical Service 1829-61, describing voyage to India, service in Oudh and at Lucknow as Chief Medical Officer with the Nepalese Contingent; also biographical article on Heathcote Dicken Stat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1829-1858
Extent:
1 portfolio

10. Mss Eur C405

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C405
Title:
Joshua Duke papers.
Scope & Content:
`Recollections of the Cabul Campaign, 1879 & 1880' by Joshua Duke (1847-1920), Bengal Medical Service 1868-1902, 1914-17: privately printed (1882), with annotations by Sir Frederick Roberts, most of which were included in the published version (London 1883).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1879-1882
Extent:
1 volume