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Place Canton, Kwangtung, China

1. IOR Neg 4377

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR Neg 4377
Title:
Lewin Bentham Bowring papers.
Scope & Content:
Memoir of his early life and service in India by Lewin Bentham Bowring (1824-1910), Bengal Civil Service 1843-70, Private Secretary to Viceroy 1858-62, Chief Commissioner, Mysore and Coorg 1862-70. [For original see Mss Eur G 91]
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1824-1870
Extent:
1 reel

2. Mss Eur B408

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B408
Title:
Charles Millett papers.
Scope & Content:
Letter book of Charles Millett, Supercargo at Canton, containing summaries of letters written by him on his business and other private concerns.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1824-1827
Extent:
1 volume

3. Mss Eur B420

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B420
Title:
Charles Besly Gribble papers.
Scope & Content:
Commonplace book of Capt Charles Besly Gribble (b 1774), East India Company maritime service 1788-1828, including an account of his interview with Napoleon, 1816; transcript of account by his son Capt Henry Gribble (b 1804), East India Company maritime service 1818-33, businessman, of his voyage ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1815-1840
Extent:
2 volumes

4. Mss Eur C283

Reference (shelfmark):
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

5. Mss Eur C387

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C387
Title:
Typed copy of correspondence, accounts, legal papers of John Scattergood (1681-1724), Madras merchant 1698-1723, chiefly concerning travels, business and family affairs.
Scope & Content:
Typed copy of correspondence, accounts and legal papers of John Scattergood (1681-1724), Madras merchant 1698-1723, chiefly concerning travels, business and family affairs. (Cf B P Scattergood et al, `The Scattergoods and the East India Company' (Harpenden 1935).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1698-1724
Extent:
4 volumes

6. Mss Eur C657

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C657
Title:
John Silverlock papers.
Scope & Content:
Five letters from John Silverlock to his parents commenting on his life and business dealings as a tea merchant at Canton.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1850
Extent:
9 folios

7. Mss Eur C717

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C717
Title:
Doris Cross papers.
Scope & Content:
'Lady Cripps' Goodwill Mission to China 1946': typescript account by the mission's secretary Doris Cross.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1946
Extent:
1 folder

8. Mss Eur D754

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D754
Title:
British Consulate; Canton papers.
Scope & Content:
Section of an official file, dated May 1859, originally of the British Consulate at Canton, mainly concerning disputes over tariff payments to the Chinese Government; claims by merchants for loss or damage of goods; and the construction of a British settlement at Canton.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1859
Extent:
1 volume

9. Mss Eur D1106

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D1106
Title:
Richard Chicheley Plowden papers.
Scope & Content:
Papers of Richard Chicheley Plowden (1743-1830), Bengal Civil Service 1780-88, East India Company Director 1803-29; and William Henry Chicheley Plowden (1787-1880), Company servant at Canton 1805-34, Director 1841-53; including patronage books; lists of East India Company proprietors annotated to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1778-1855
Extent:
1 box

10. Mss Eur D1160

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D1160
Title:
Memoir, written c1870, by William Prinsep (1794-1874), Calcutta businessman 1817-42; and photocopies of papers relating to other members of the Prinsep family
Scope & Content:
Memoir, written c1870, by William Prinsep (1794-1874), Calcutta businessman 1817-42, of his early life, and career in India; also photocopies of materials relating to the Prinseps including `De Principe', a typescript family history, dated 1923, by James Charles Prinsep (b 1855), and notes for a ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1794-1870
Extent:
7 items