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Place Bareilly, United Provinces

1. Mss Eur D561

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Mss Eur D561
Title:
Henry Creighton papers.
Scope & Content:
Correspondence (1786-99) and will (1805) of Henry Creighton (d 1807), of Goamalty, Indigo manufacturer, including letters from Charles Grant (1746-1823), MP, East India Company servant, Bengal 1773-90, Director 1794-1823, Chairman 1805, 1809, and 1815; and correspondence (1811-68) of his son-in-l...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1786-1868
Extent:
1 volume

2. Mss Eur E258

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Mss Eur E258
Title:
Charles Fraser papers.
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers of Lt-Col Charles Fraser (c1761-1837), Bengal Army 1780-1809, of his sons Charles Fraser (1799-1868), Bengal Civil Service 1817-46 and Simon Fraser (1803-57), Bengal Civil Service 1822-57, and of other members of the family, referring to their family, business, private a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1797-1890
Extent:
13 bundles

3. Mss Eur F171

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Mss Eur F171
Title:
Werge Thomas Collection: papers of Brig-Gen John Nicholson (1821-57), Bengal Army 1839-57, and other members of his family; of General Sir James Abbott (1807-96), Bengal Artillery 1823, Deputy Commissioner, Hazara 1847-53; of their biographer Evelyn Maude Werge Thomas (1891-1975); and of other members of the Thomas family, including Geoffrey David Ivor Thomas (1905-74), Indian Civil Service, Burma from 1930.
Scope & Content:
Evelyn Maude Werge Thomas (1891-1975), formerly Evelyn Kaye, stage designer and author, had been working since 1938 on two interconnected biographies. The first was a substantial biography of Brigadier-General John Nicholson (1821-1857), Bengal Army 1839-1857, who commanded the Punjab mobile col...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1746-1972
Extent:
155 items

4. Mss Eur F229

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Mss Eur F229
Title:
Papers of Archibald Ian Bowman, Indian Civil Service, chiefly relating to the Lushai Hills Total Defence Scheme and 'V' Force 1942-44
Scope & Content:
Bowman Collection: papers of Archibald Ian Bowman (1915-87), Indian Civil Service, United Provinces 1937-47, chiefly relating to his role in the Lushai Hills Total Defence Scheme and `V' Force 1942-44, and his continuing interest in the Lushai (or Mizo) people after independence; also papers of M...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1937-1987
Extent:
64 items

5. Mss Eur Photo Eur 385

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Mss Eur Photo Eur 385
Title:
Leopold E Poynder papers.
Scope & Content:
Photocopy of manuscript diary and letterbook of Rev Leopold E Poynder (1818-1904), Chaplain in India 1847-66, covering his experiences during the mutiny and after; with a typed transcript of memoirs, transcribed c1887, of his experiences in Bareilly 1857.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1857-1863
Extent:
1 portfolio