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Name Macartney, John, Lieutenant

1. Mss Eur C284

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C284
Title:
John Macartney papers.
Scope & Content:
Narrative journal of Lt John Macartney (1781-1811), 5th Bengal Cavalry 1798-1811, describing a voyage towards Indonesia in the `Henry Addington', its capture by a privateer, his release ashore, transfer to `Warren Hastings', its capture by a French frigate, and his internment on the island of Bou...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1806-1807
Extent:
1 folder

2. Mss Eur D128-129; E91-92

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D128-129; E91-92
Title:
Memoirs on Afghanistan, Iran, and neighbouring countries by Mountstuart Elphinstone (qv), and Lt (later Capt) Francis Irvine (1786-1855), Bengal Army 1805-22, mostly incorporated into Elphinstone's `Account of the Kingdom of Caubul' (London 1815); also list of nine memoirs by various hands on Afghanistan, Persia, etc, relating to Elphinstone's Embassy to Kabul 1808 and Sir John Malcolm's mission to Persia 1810.
Scope & Content:
Memoirs on Afghanistan, Iran, and neighbouring countries by Mountstuart Elphinstone (qv), and Lt (later Capt) Francis Irvine (1786-1855), Bengal Army 1805-22, mostly incorporated into Elphinstone's `Account of the Kingdom of Caubul' (London 1815); also list of nine memoirs by various hands on Afg...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1808-1810
Extent:
4 volumes