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Place Carnatic Region, India

1. IOR Neg 4211-32

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR Neg 4211-32
Title:
Cleveland Public Library papers.
Scope & Content:
A large miscellaneous collection of official and private correspondence and papers, historical and geographical accounts, and documents of all kinds relating to India, acquired by the Cleveland Public Library. [See Photo Eur 026 for handlist].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1741-1858
Extent:
22 reels

2. Mss Eur A23-24; B53-64; B66; C50-67; D285-98; D301-303; E122; F44

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Mss Eur A23-24; B53-64; B66; C50-67; D285-98; D301-303; E122; F44
Title:
C P Brown Collection: manuscripts and printed books, written or collected by Charles Philip Brown (1798-1884), Madras Civil Service 1816-54, oriental scholar, chiefly comprising works on Telugu grammar, lexicography, language and literature; Sanskrit prosody; memoirs of Haidar Ali and Tipu Sultan; and chronology of the Carnatic.
Scope & Content:
C P Brown Collection: manuscripts and printed books, written or collected by Charles Philip Brown (1798-1884), Madras Civil Service 1816-54, oriental scholar, chiefly comprising works on Telugu grammar, lexicography, language and literature; Sanskrit prosody; memoirs of Haidar Ali and Tipu Sultan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1825-1880
Extent:
53 volumes

3. Mss Eur B296

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Mss Eur B296
Title:
Samuel Hickson papers.
Scope & Content:
Letters and papers of the Hickson family including an account of the service of Samuel Hickson (1755-1814) as a private and NCO in the Madras Army 1778-84, compiled from letters and autobiographical fragments by his great nephew William Edward Hickson (1803-70).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1739-1842
Extent:
3 volumes; 1 folder

4. Mss Eur C866

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Mss Eur C866
Title:
R W Williams papers.
Scope & Content:
'A Nabob's Life: Lord Pigot of Patshull' by R W Williams: an unpublished biography of George Pigot, Baron Pigot (1719-77), East India Company servant, Madras 1737-65, Governor of Madras 1755-63 and 1775-76.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1997
Extent:
1 volume

5. Mss Eur D746

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Mss Eur D746
Title:
Henry Dundas papers.
Scope & Content:
Letter book of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742-1811), Member 1784 and President 1793-1801 of the Board of Control, containing letters received with enclosures from Maj-Gen Sir William Medows (1738-1813), Governor and C-in-C, Madras 1790- 92, Sir Charles Oakeley, 1st Bart (1751-1826), Go...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1790-1795
Extent:
1 volume

6. Mss Eur D788

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Mss Eur D788
Title:
Sir Thomas Rumbold papers.
Scope & Content:
Letters from Sir Thomas Rumbold, 1st Bart (1736-91), East India Company civil and military service 1752-69, Governor of Madras 1778-80, mainly to his children, with one dated 1781, to Paul Benfield (1741-1810), East India Company servant, Madras 1764-93.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1781-1791
Extent:
22 folios

7. Mss Eur D1018

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Mss Eur D1018
Title:
Manuscript minutes, dated 27 Mar-13 Apr 1767, of a House of Commons Committee of the Whole House 1766-67, set up to enquire into East India Company affairs.
Scope & Content:
Manuscript minutes, dated 27 Mar-13 Apr 1767, of a House of Commons Committee of the Whole House 1766-67, set up to enquire into East India Company affairs, including evidence by civil and military officers in India (apparently a copy which belonged to Luke Scrafton, East India Company Director 1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1767
Extent:
2 volumes

8. Mss Eur D1074

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Mss Eur D1074
Title:
Henry Dundas papers.
Scope & Content:
Summaries of private letters (1785-1800) received by Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742-1811), Member 1784 and President 1793-1801 of the Board of Control, from Sir Archibald Campbell, William Petrie, Lord Hobart, Jonathan Duncan, General Robert Stuart and General James Stuart; also memor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1785-1800
Extent:
1 volume

9. Mss Eur D1083

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D1083
Title:
Correspondence and papers of George Nesbitt Thompson (1753-1831), Private Secretary to Warren Hastings (1732-1818), Governor of Bengal 1772-74 and Governor General 1774-85
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers of George Nesbitt Thompson, (1753-1831), Private Secretary to Warren Hastings (1732-1818), Governor of Bengal 1772-74 and Governor-General 1774-85.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1779-1806
Extent:
62 items

10. Mss Eur D1146/6

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D1146/6
Title:
Robert Kelly papers.
Scope & Content:
Memoranda, dated 1785, by Col Robert Kelly (d 1790), Madras Army 1760-90, on the frontier defences of the Carnatic, including accounts of the 1st Mysore War and of the beginning of the 2nd; also diary, dated Sep 1780-Sep 1781, by unnamed officer of his experiences on campaign in the Carnatic.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1780-1785
Extent:
1 volume