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1. IOR/L/MAR/A/XXIX

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MAR/A/XXIX
Title:
Charles: Journal, Henry Crosby
Scope & Content:
Journal kept by Henry Crosby between 1619 and 1624, including voyages on the East India Company ships Charles and Exchange. Folios 8-15 cover the voyage of the Charles from England to Surat, March-October 1619, from Surat to Jasquet [Bandar-e Jask, Iran] and back, November 1619-January 1619 [N...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Mar 1619-19 Jun 1624
Extent:
1 volume (35 folios)

2. IOR Neg 11606-36

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR Neg 11606-36
Title:
Sir Robert Cowan papers.
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and account books of Sir Robert Cowan, free merchant at Bombay 1719, Chief of the Factory at Goa 1720, Chief at Mocha 1724, Governor of Bombay 1729-34.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1719-1741
Extent:
31 reels

3. Mss Eur B369

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B369
Title:
Journals of Thomas Machell (1824-62), traveller and planter
Scope & Content:
Journals of Thomas Machell (1824-62), midshipman in merchant navy 1840-45; assistant manager, indigo estates, Bengal 1846-52; later manager of coffee plantation, Wynaad, Madras; recording his experiences at sea, and life and travels in India.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1840-1856
Extent:
5 volumes

4. Mss Eur C345

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C345
Title:
Edwin Dawes papers.
Scope & Content:
Letters from Midshipman Edwin Dawes (b 1840), Indian Navy 1857-63, to his father and brother describing his life in Bombay and at sea; with note, dated 1868, concerning the supply of stationery for the Abyssinian Expedition.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1857-1859
Extent:
59 folios

5. Mss Eur C383

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C383
Title:
Frederick Justley Arnold Hill papers.
Scope & Content:
Permit issued by the Government of Goa to Frederick Justley Arnold Hill (b 1852), Bombay Salt Department 1881-1905, authorising him to act as Collector of Salt Revenue at Goa.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1883
Extent:
2 folios

6. Mss Eur D122

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D122
Title:
Letters from Rev Claudius Buchanan (1766-1815), East India Company chaplain from 1797, Professor and Vice-Provost of the College of Fort William 1799-1807, mainly to Rev David Brown (1763-1812), Provost of the College, describing his journey along the Malabar Coast to Ceylon and Cochin to study Hindu religion, the Christian Churches, and the Eastern Jews. Mostly published in his `Memoirs...', vol ii, pt ii (London 1819).
Scope & Content:
Letters from Rev Claudius Buchanan (1766-1815), East India Company chaplain from 1797, Professor and Vice-Provost of the College of Fort William 1799-1807, mainly to Rev David Brown (1763-1812), Provost of the College, describing his journey along the Malabar Coast to Ceylon and Cochin to study H...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1806-1808
Extent:
1 volume

7. Mss Eur D764

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D764
Title:
Typescript translation of a letter, dated Cochin 10 Jan 1580, to a Signor Adelgais in Portugal, describing the writer's voyage from Lisbon to Goa and Cochin where he was engaged in the spice trade, and giving detailed impressions of 16th century India.
Scope & Content:
Typescript translation of a letter, dated Cochin 10 Jan 1580, to a Signor Adelgais in Portugal, describing the writer's voyage from Lisbon to Goa and Cochin where he was engaged in the spice trade, and giving detailed impressions of 16th century India.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1580
Extent:
9 folios

8. Mss Eur D831

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D831
Title:
Thomas Walters Venn papers.
Scope & Content:
Unpublished typescripts entitled `The Angrias of Konkan', `Karwar - Early Days', `The Bombay Steam Navigation Company', `Kundhari and Undhari Islands', and `Some Notes on the Lighthouses of Bombay', by Maj Tom Walters Venn (1882-1973), Bombay Steam Navigation Co Ltd, volunteer and Reserve Office...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
5 volumes

9. Mss Eur E293

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur E293
Title:
Papers of Sir John Willoughby, Bombay Civil Service 1817-51; East India Company Director 1854-58; Member of Council of India 1858-66
Scope & Content:
Willoughby Collection: papers of Sir John Pollard Willoughby, 4th Bart (1798-1866), Bombay Civil Service 1817-51; Assistant at Baroda 1820-28; Political Agent, Kathiawar 1828-35; Secretary, Bombay Government 1836-46; Member, Bombay Council 1846-51; East India Company Director 1854-58; Member, Co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1798-1864
Extent:
323 items

10. Mss Eur F226

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F226
Title:
Memoirs of former members of the Indian Political Service or their wives
Scope & Content:
Indian Political Service Collection: memoirs of some thirty-five former members of the Indian Political Service, or their wives, describing their experiences, chiefly in the period 1920-1947, as political officers in the Indian States, the North-West Frontier Province, Baluchistan, or the Residen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1920-1947
Extent:
35 items