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Place Dacca, Bengal Presidency, India

1. IOR/F/4/2398/129136

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2398/129136
Title:
Proceedings of the committee reporting on the cantonment at Dacca
Scope & Content:
Proceedings of the committee assembled to report on the salubrity of the site of the present cantonment at Dacca to ascertain whether a better site could be found in the neighbourhood.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1848-1850
Extent:
1 file

2. Mss Eur A145

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur A145
Title:
Sir James Buller East papers.
Scope & Content:
Six letters written by (Sir) James Buller East, 2nd Bart (1789-1878), barrister, J.P. in Calcutta 1815-22, to Frederick Sylvester North Douglas (1791-1819), writer and MP, on the Indian climate, and life and judicial work in India.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1814-1817
Extent:
30 folios

3. Mss Eur C151

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C151
Title:
Chowdury Mafizul Islam papers.
Scope & Content:
`The Regional Geography of Dacca, with special reference to its agricultural and industrial activities' by Chowdury Mafizul Islam (MA thesis, Muslim University of Aligarh, 1944).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1944
Extent:
1 volume

4. Mss Eur C180

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C180
Title:
William Peacock papers.
Scope & Content:
Family correspondence of William Peacock and other members of his family, mainly describing Peacock's arrival in India, his search for employment, and his life there as a merchant and indigo planter.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1828-1848
Extent:
1 portfolio

5. Mss Eur D733

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D733
Title:
Papers of Frank Owen Bell, Indian Civil Service 1930-47
Scope & Content:
Papers, notebooks and letters of Frank Owen Bell (b 1907), Indian Civil Service 1930-47, relating to his career in Bengal especially his settlement work in Rangpur and Dinajpur 1933-40.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1926-1947
Extent:
60 items

6. Mss Eur D860

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D860
Title:
Papers of Sir William Herschel, Bengal Civil Service 1853-78, and his of wife
Scope & Content:
Herschel Collection: papers of Sir William James Herschel, 2nd Bart (1833-1917), Bengal Civil Service 1853-78, and of his wife, Emma (d 1873); including official and private papers, legal case papers, correspondence, diaries, household accounts, and photographs of the proclamation of Queen Victor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1842-1915
Extent:
82 items

7. Mss Eur E341

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur E341
Title:
Papers of Sir John Tyson, Indian Civil Service, Bengal 1920-47, Private Secretary to Governor of Bengal 1930-35, 1938, 1945-47
Scope & Content:
Tyson Collection: papers of Sir John Dawson Tyson (1893-1976), Indian Civil Service, Bengal 1920-47; Secretary to Agent of the Government of India in South Africa 1927-30; Private Secretary to Governor of Bengal 1930-35, 1938, 1945-47; chiefly comprising weekly letters home (1920-47) giving detai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1920-1947
Extent:
48 items

8. Mss Eur F193

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F193
Title:
Verl e Collection: papers of a group of French officials and indigo planters living mainly at Chandernagore
Scope & Content:
Verlee Collection: personal, business, legal and official papers of a group of French officials and indigo planters living mainly at Chandernagore.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1735-1840
Extent:
107 items

9. Mss Eur F257

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F257
Title:
Papers of Capt Francis Jenkins, Bengal Army 1810-61; appointed to undertake surveys of Eastern Frontier (1831) and in Assam (1831-32)
Scope & Content:
Papers of Capt (later Maj-Gen) Francis Jenkins (1793-1866), Bengal Army 1810-61; appointed to undertake surveys of Eastern Frontier (1831) and in Assam (1831-32); Commissioner, Assam 1834-61; including letter book and private journals relating to surveys in Arakan and Assam, and a description of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1831-1838
Extent:
6 items

10. Mss Eur Orme

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Orme
Title:
Robert Orme papers.
Scope & Content:
Orme Collection: papers of Robert Orme (1728-1801), East India Company servant, Bengal and Madras 1743-58, historiographer to the Company 1769-1801, chiefly collected for his `History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan from the year 1745' (London 1763, 1778).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1636-1796
Extent:
356 volumes