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Name East India Company, 1600-1858 Place Bombay, India

1. EAP880/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP880/1
Title:
Sikkim Palace Archives
Scope & Content:
While it is an archive that represents elite perspectives, the Sikkim Palace Archives, is also the first collection of local origin to be made freely and universally accessible for international scholarship, presenting a perspective of events and characters as experienced from within looking out...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Dzongkha, English, French, Hindi, Lepcha, Malayalam, Nepali, Tibetan, and Urdu
Date Range:
1807-1998
Extent:
89249 TIFF images

2. IOR/X/3635/27

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3635/27
Title:
'Chart of the Arabian Sea Shewing the Winds & Currents during the South-West Monsoon with the probably best Track for Steamers from Bombay to Aden in that Season.'
Scope & Content:
Covers the Arabian Sea south of latitude 25°N, including the Gulf of Aden. Includes the coastlines of the Horn of Africa, the south-east Arabian Peninsula and the west coast of India. Includes a hinterland of approximately fifteen miles. Portrays hydrology, including rocks, relief by hachures, s...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1853
Extent:
1 map sheet

3. IOR Neg 4381-82

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR Neg 4381-82
Title:
Sir Robert Palk papers.
Scope & Content:
Letters and papers of Sir Robert Palk, 1st Bart (1717-98), Governor of Madras 1763-66, MP 1767-68 and 1774-87, chiefly dated 1767-86, but with a few earlier papers including an account, dated 1755, by Maj (later Maj-Gen) Stringer Lawrence of his campaigns in India 1752-54, addressed to Rear-Admir...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1755-1786
Extent:
2 reels

4. Mss Eur B325

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B325
Title:
Robert Hobart papers.
Scope & Content:
Letters from Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire (1760-1816), President of the Board of Control 1812-16, to Sir Evan Nepean, 1st Bart (1751-1822), Governor of Bombay 1812-19, commenting on contemporary events in Britain, India, Europe and America.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1812-1816
Extent:
38 folios

5. Mss Eur C8; D18-25; E12-47; F5-17; G4-8

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C8; D18-25; E12-47; F5-17; G4-8
Title:
Francis Collection: official and private correspondence and papers of Sir Philip Francis (1740-1818), member of Governor-General's Council 1774-80; also notes, dated 1819-40, by Lady Francis.
Scope & Content:
Francis Collection: official and private correspondence and papers of Sir Philip Francis (1740-1818), member of Governor-General's Council 1774-80; also notes, dated 1819-40, by Lady Francis.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1764-1813
Extent:
74 volumes

6. Mss Eur C221

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C221
Title:
William Hornby papers.
Scope & Content:
Collection of letters, partly written in code, between William Hornby (b c1725), Bombay Civil Service 1741-84, Governor of Bombay 1771-84, Thomas Mostyn (c1735-79), Bombay Civil Service 1752-79, Bombay Council 1771-79, and William Lewis (b 1744), Bombay Civil Service 1760-c97, relating to the fir...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1775-1802
Extent:

7 files

7. Mss Eur D5

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D5
Title:
Journal by Isack Pyke, Commander of the East Indiaman `Stringer', of his ship's stay at Bombay and return voyage to England.
Scope & Content:
Journal by Isack Pyke, Commander of the East Indiaman `Stringer', of his ship's stay at Bombay and return voyage to England.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1712-1713
Extent:
1 volume

8. Mss Eur D35-45

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D35-45
Title:
Wilks Collection: copies of East India Company documents including Court Minutes, Proceedings of the House of Commons, and material relating to China, Japan, Persia and elsewhere, transcribed and compiled c1787-1806, by Thomas Wilks and his successors as Register (sc Registrar) of Indian Records at India House.
Scope & Content:
Wilks Collection: copies of East India Company documents including Court Minutes, Proceedings of the House of Commons, and material relating to China, Japan, Persia and elsewhere, transcribed and compiled c1787-1806, by Thomas Wilks and his successors as Register (sc Registrar) of Indian Records ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1618-1734
Extent:
11 volumes

9. Mss Eur D1018

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D1018
Title:
Manuscript minutes, dated 27 Mar-13 Apr 1767, of a House of Commons Committee of the Whole House 1766-67, set up to enquire into East India Company affairs.
Scope & Content:
Manuscript minutes, dated 27 Mar-13 Apr 1767, of a House of Commons Committee of the Whole House 1766-67, set up to enquire into East India Company affairs, including evidence by civil and military officers in India (apparently a copy which belonged to Luke Scrafton, East India Company Director 1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1767
Extent:
2 volumes

10. Mss Eur D1074

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D1074
Title:
Henry Dundas papers.
Scope & Content:
Summaries of private letters (1785-1800) received by Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742-1811), Member 1784 and President 1793-1801 of the Board of Control, from Sir Archibald Campbell, William Petrie, Lord Hobart, Jonathan Duncan, General Robert Stuart and General James Stuart; also memor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1785-1800
Extent:
1 volume