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Place Ava, Burma

1. Add MS 29214

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Add MS 29214
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1. NARRATIVE of a voyage to Cochin China in. 1778, by Charles Chapman. [Printed in the Asiatic Annual Register for 1801. Miscellaneous tracts, p. 62.] f. 1. With plan of his route by Lieut. J. S. Ewart, 1782, f. 89. 2. "Captain [Michael] Symes's narrative of his; Embassy to Ava," in 1795. [Pri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1778-1795
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 57699

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Add MS 57699
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R.U.S.I. MAPS. Vol. LXIV (1-13). The Far East. 1. 'Reconnoitring sketch of a portion of Arracan by Lieutenants Wroughton and Thomson Feby 28th 1825'. 1:126720. 'Scale of 1/2 an inch to a mile'. Scale bar of 8 miles (= 4 inches). R.U.S.I. no. V 8.28. 495 x 355mm. 2. 'A topographical plan of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Malay
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
1 item

3. Mss Eur B234

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Mss Eur B234
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William Wilberforce Bird papers.
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Letter, dated 11 Jun 1840, from William Willerforce Bird (d 1857), Bengal Civil Service 1803-44, Member, Supreme Council of India 1838-44, to William Butterworth Bayley (1782-1860), Bengal Civil Service 1799-1830, East India Company Director 1834-58, Chairman 1840, mainly discussing affairs in Af...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1840
Extent:
5 folios

4. Mss Eur Buchanan

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Mss Eur Buchanan
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Papers of Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (1762-1829)
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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

5. Mss Eur C730

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Mss Eur C730
Title:
John Clement Koop papers.
Scope & Content:
`The Madras Europeans in the first Anglo-Burmese War of 1824- 26': typescript paper (1995) by John Clement Koop, giving an account of the Madras European Regiment in the first Burmese War.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1824-1826
Extent:
1 folder

6. Mss Eur D106

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Mss Eur D106
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Extracts, compiled c1824-29, from various papers and maps relating to Burma and Assam, including extracts from a journal kept by Dr Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (qv) while a member of Capt (later Lt-Col) Michael Symes's embassy to Ava 1795, (compiler unknown).
Scope & Content:
Extracts, compiled c1824-29, from various papers and maps relating to Burma and Assam, including extracts from a journal kept by Dr Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (qv) while a member of Capt (later Lt-Col) Michael Symes's embassy to Ava 1795, (compiler unknown).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1795-1829
Extent:
1 volume

7. Mss Eur E63

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Mss Eur E63
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Copies of official papers recording events leading to the embassy of Capt (later Lt-Col) Michael Symes (c1753-1809), British Army 1787-1809, to Burma in 1795, of which he published an account entitled `An account of an Embassy to the Kingdom of Ava' (London 1800).
Scope & Content:
Copies of official papers recording events leading to the embassy of Capt (later Lt-Col) Michael Symes (c1753-1809), British Army 1787-1809, to Burma in 1795, of which he published an account entitled `An account of an Embassy to the Kingdom of Ava' (London 1800).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1787-1795
Extent:
6 folios; 1 volume

8. Mss Eur E308

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Mss Eur E308
Title:
Papers of Sir Robert Grant, Governor of Bombay 1835-38, and of other members of the Grant family
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Grant Collection: correspondence and papers of Sir Robert Grant (1779-1838), Governor of Bombay 1835-38, his widow Margaret (nee Davidson; later Lady Josceline Percy) (d 1885), and their son Sir Charles Grant (1836-1903), Bengal Civil Service 1858-85, Foreign Secretary, Government of India 1881-...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1801-1903
Extent:
64 items

9. Mss Eur E359

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Mss Eur E359
Title:
Diaries of John Russell Colvin, Bengal Civil Service 1826-27; also a few papers and a memoir of Sir Elliot Colvin, Indian Civil Service 1883-1918
Scope & Content:
Colvin Collection: diaries of John Russell Colvin (1807-57), Bengal Civil Service 1826-57; Private Secretary to Governor- General of India Lord Auckland 1836-42; Lieutenant-Governor of North-Western Provinces 1853-57; containing notes on official business, personal reading, and general political ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1837-1920
Extent:
16 items

10. Mss Eur F140

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Mss Eur F140
Title:
Papers of 1st Earl Amherst, Governor-General of Bengal 1823-28
Scope & Content:
Amherst Collection: correspondence and papers of William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst (1773-1857), Minister to Sicily 1809-11, Ambassador to China 1816-17, Governor-General of Bengal 1823-28, and of other members of his family, comprising official and demi-official correspondence and papers, pa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1789-1835
Extent:
234 items