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Place Burdwan, Bengal

1. Mss Eur B90-91

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B90-91
Title:
Copies of letters from Samuel Davis (d 1819), Bengal Civil Service 1783-1806, written as Collector of Burdwan to the Board of Revenue, Calcutta, on revenue and general administration in Burdwan, including questions arising from the police tax, purchase of rice on the Government's behalf, and applications to establish indigo factories.
Scope & Content:
Copies of letters from Samuel Davis (d 1819), Bengal Civil Service 1783-1806, written as Collector of Burdwan to the Board of Revenue, Calcutta, on revenue and general administration in Burdwan, including questions arising from the police tax, purchase of rice on the Government's behalf, and appl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1794-1795
Extent:
2 volumes

2. Mss Eur C379

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C379
Title:
Ronald Hilary Gravds Johnston papers.
Scope & Content:
`One Man's Life': memoir, dated 1980, by Ronald Hilary Gravds Johnston (b 1898), describing his life in the Indian Army mainly on the North-West Frontier 1916-22, and in the Indian Civil Service 1923-47, chiefly in the United Provinces, but with a spell in Bengal 1935-40.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916-1947
Extent:
333 folios

3. Mss Eur F331

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F331
Title:
Vansittart Collection: papers of George Vansittart (1745-1825), East India Company servant, Bengal 1762-76; factor (1767), junior merchant (1769), and Resident at Midnapore; second (1770) and Chief (1772) in Revenue Council at Patna; member of Council, Bengal 1773; member of Board of Trade, Bengal 1774-76.
Scope & Content:
Vansittart Collection: papers of George Vansittart (1745-1825), East India Company servant, Bengal 1762-76; factor (1767), junior merchant (1769), and Resident at Midnapore; second (1770) and Chief (1772) in Revenue Council at Patna; member of Council, Bengal 1773; member of Board of Trade, Benga...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1763-1824
Extent:
44 items

4. Mss Eur F496

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F496
Title:
Regimental accounts of the 6th Regiment of Sepoys, 2nd Brigade, Bengal Army.
Scope & Content:
Regimental accounts of the 6th Regiment of Sepoys, 2nd Brigade, Bengal Army.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1777-1785
Extent:
6 items

5. Mss Eur G38

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G38
Title:
Genealogical and biographical material on Indian Princes, Chiefs, and landholders, and other prominent personalities in India both British and Indian, compiled mainly after his retirement by Lewin Bentham Bowring (1824-1910), Bengal Civil Service 1843-70
Scope & Content:
Bowring Collection: albums, originally three large volumes, containing genealogical and biographical material on Indian Princes, Chiefs, and landholders, and other prominent personalities in India both British and Indian, compiled mainly after his retirement by Lewin Bentham Bowring (1824-1910), ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
31 volumes

6. Mss Eur G119

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G119
Title:
Addresses of Welcome received by Sir John Anderson as Governor of Bengal 1932-37
Scope & Content:
Three addresses of Welcome received by Sir John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley (1882-1958), Governor of Bengal 1932-37, from: the Commissioners of the Burdwan Municipality, 30 Jan 1933; the Members of the Faridpur anjuman-Islamia, 24 Jul 1933; the members of the Khulna District Mohammedan Associ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1933
Extent:
3 folios