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11. Mss Eur C283

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Mss Eur C283
Title:
Sir John Macdonald Kinneir papers.
Scope & Content:
Six letters from Lt John Macdonald (later Lt-Col Sir John Macdonald Kinneir) (1782-1830), Madras Army 1804, to his friend John Alexander Graham of Leith, mainly discussing personal matters and affairs in Madras, but also describing visits to Canton and Prince of Wales Island, and his experiences ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1803-1808
Extent:
1 folder

12. Mss Eur C703

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Mss Eur C703
Title:
William Anderson papers.
Scope & Content:
Diary of Capt (later Lt-Col) William Anderson (1803-58), Bengal Army 1823-58, recording events leading up to the retreat of the British forces at Kabul 1842, and his experiences as a captive of Muhammad Akbar Khan, with his wife and small daughter and some other British prisoners; memorial writte...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1841-1842
Extent:
1 volume

13. Mss Eur C792

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C792
Title:
W A Cameron papers.
Scope & Content:
Letter, dated 27 Mar 1879, from Corp W A Cameron, 72nd Highlanders, in camp at Habib Kila, to his sister describing his service in the second Afghan War.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1879
Extent:
2 folios

14. Mss Eur C805

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C805
Title:
Sir Pierre Louis Napoleon Cavagnari papers.
Scope & Content:
Photocopy of notebook of Mercy Emma, Lady Cavagnari, widow of Lt-Col Sir Pierre Louis Napoleon Cavagnari (1841-79), Bengal Army 1858-79, Deputy Commissioner, Peshawar 1877-78, Resident at Kabul 1879, containing extracts from her husbands letters 1878-79.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1878-1879
Extent:
1 folder

15. Mss Eur C814

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C814
Title:
George Mein papers.
Scope & Content:
Copies of papers relating to the services of Lt (later Maj-Gen) George Mein (1817-96), British Army, during the first Afghan War. [Copies of photographs taken by his son, Capt Alexander Lechmere Mein (1854-1927), during the second Afghan War, are available in Prints and Drawings section].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1841-1842
Extent:
1 folder

16. Mss Eur D128-129; E91-92

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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

17. Mss Eur D160

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D160
Title:
Typescript account of the career of Col Edward Arthur Henry Webb (d 1873), Madras Army 1833, by his son, with copy of papers relating to his captivity at Kabul 1841-42.
Scope & Content:
Typescript account of the career of Col Edward Arthur Henry Webb (d 1873), Madras Army 1833, by his son, with copy of papers relating to his captivity at Kabul 1841-42.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1833-1873
Extent:
13 folios

18. Mss Eur D727

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D727
Title:
Papers of Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, Indian Civil Service, Foreign Secretary to Government of India 1885-94
Scope & Content:
Durand Collection: papers of Sir Henry Mortimer Durand (1850-1924), Indian Civil Service, Bengal 1870-94, Foreign Secretary to Government of India 1885-94, negotiated frontier agreement with Afghanistan (`Durand Line') 1893, Minister Plenipotentiary at Teheran 1894-1900.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1876-1908
Extent:
19 items

19. Mss Eur D833

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D833
Title:
Papers of Vincent Ellis Davies, Indian Civil Service, Bihar and Orissa 1926-47
Scope & Content:
Davies Collection: papers and correspondence of Vincent Ellis Davies (b 1903), Indian Civil Service, Bihar and Orissa 1926-47, Private Secretary to Governor of Orissa 1941-44, including tour diaries 1936-39 as Deputy Commissioner, Santal Parganas, tour programmes 1941-44 of the Governor of Orissa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1908-1993
Extent:
78 items

20. Mss Eur D891

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D891
Title:
Richard William Alexander Stroud papers.
Scope & Content:
Diary and photograph album compiled by Flying Officer Richard William Alexander Stroud (d 1930), R.A.F. 1927-30, during his service in England and India, chiefly on the North-West Frontier and in Afghanistan.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1928-1930
Extent:
2 volumes