Place: Afghanistan, Asia - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur A20-21; B50-51; C39-45; C68-69; D236-69; E113; F35-41; G27-31
Title:: Moorcroft Collection: journals, correspondence and notes of William Moorcroft (1765?-1825), veterinary surgeon in the Bengal Army and superintendent of the Company's stud in Bengal 1808-25, apparently employed as a secret agent, chiefly relating to his journey to Bukhara 1820-25 and describing the Himalayan regions through which he passed.
Scope & Content:: Moorcroft Collection: journals, correspondence and notes of William Moorcroft (1765?-1825), veterinary surgeon in the Bengal Army and superintendent of the Company's stud in Bengal 1808-25, apparently employed as a secret agent, chiefly relating to his journey to Bukhara 1820-25 and describing th...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1812-1825
Extent:: 51 volumes

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 37689-37718
Title:: LETTER-BOOKS and Minute-books of George Eden, 2nd Baron (1814) and 1st Earl (1839) of Auckland, Governor-General of India; 1836-1842. Lord William Bentinck, his predecessor, had returned to England in March, 1835, and Lord Auckland, who was appointed in the following September, arrived in India early in March, 1836, the provisional government having been carried on meanwhile by Sir Charles Metcalfe. His first letter, dated 13 Mar. 1836, to Maj. Sir James Rivett Carnac, Chairman of the E. Ind...
Scope & Content:: India: Letter-books and minutebooks of Lord Auckland, Governor General: 1836-1842. Afghanistan: Lord Auckland's letterbooks, etc.: 1836-1842.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1836-1842
Extent:: 30 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 39164
Title:
Scope & Content:: LAYARD PAPERS. Vol. CCXXXIV (ff. 114). Correspondence, official and semi-official (much of it confidential print), chiefly between the Viceroy of India (Lord Lytton), Sir A. H. Layard as Ambassador to the Porte, and the Home Authorities, and connected with the Turkish mission to Afghanistan and ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1877-1879
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 40127
Title:
Scope & Content:: BROADFOOT PAPERS. Vol. I (ff. 427). General correspondence of Major George Broadfoot, 1838-1845, with Edward Law, Earl of Ellenborough, Sir Henry (afterwards Viscount) Hardinge, and others whose names are given in the Index. Included also (ff. 45-204 passim) are letters (1842-1844) from John Gra...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and Urdu
Date Range:: 1838-1845
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 40128
Title:
Scope & Content:: BROADFOOT PAPERS. Vol. II (ff. 317). Papers relating to the rebellion at Kabul and the First Afghan War. Included are :- 1. Extracts from the diary of Captain Julius Brockman Backhouse, of the Bengal Artillery, including, at f. 26, a copy of his sketch of a Ghilzi Kochi; 1838-1842. f. 1. 2. ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1838-1891
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 40130
Title:
Scope & Content:: BROADFOOT PAPERS. Vol. IV (ff. 225). Notes made by Major William Broadfoot, R.E., from official correspondence preserved in the India Office. Included are :- 1. Abstracts of the official correspondence of the Governor-General relating to Afghanistan (1837-1843), with (f. 21) extracts from News...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1837-1848
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 40131 D
Title:
Scope & Content:: D. Sketch of the country from Peshawar to Kabul. 5 ft. 1½ in. x l ft. 10½ in. 1 in. to 4 miles. Maps and Plans: Sketch-map of the country from Peshawar to Kabul: [1887]. Victoria of England: Papers and maps rel. to First Afghan War: 1841-1842.: Partly printed. Army; England: Papers and maps r...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1885-1887
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 40504
Title:
Scope & Content:: Vol. CCCXXIV (ff. 439). 9-21 Mar. 1842. includes: ff. 1, 3 Colonel Marcus Beresford: Correspondence with Sir R. Peel: 1842, 1845. ff. 5-9 Sir Aubrey de Vere De Vere, 2nd Baronet 1818; formerly Hunt; poet: Correspondence with Sir R. Peel: 1815-1842. f. 10 Sir Charles Lock Eastlake, Keeper of th...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: Mar 1842
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 40506
Title:
Scope & Content:: Vol. CCCXXVI (ff. 351). 5-19 Apr. 1842. George Ireland, Curate of St. Mary's, Westport, Malmesbury: Letter to Sir R. Peel: 1842. includes: ff. 3, 5 John Parker, Secretary of the Admiralty: Correspondence with Sir R. Peel: 1842, 1846. ff. 3, 5 Henry George Ward, Secretary of the Admiralty; GCM...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: Apr 1842
Extent:: 1 item

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