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1. Mss Eur B215

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Mss Eur B215
Title:
John Corneille papers.
Scope & Content:
Memoirs of Maj John Corneille (b c1727), British Army, describing voyage to India (1754) as secretary to Col John Adlercron, British Army, Colonel 39th Foot, C-in-C, Madras 1754-57, travels in south India and his part in military expeditions to Madras and Bengal, including an account of the battl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1754-1758
Extent:
1 volume

2. Mss Eur B248

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Mss Eur B248
Title:
Harvay papers.
Scope & Content:
`The Fortunate Englishman': an incomplete memoir written in humorous fashion by a Mr Harvay, describing his voyage to India, and adventures as an East India Company factor in Bengal from c1752 and as a lieutenant under Robert Clive at Plassey and Chandernagore in 1757.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1752-1758
Extent:
94 folios

3. Mss Eur C624

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Mss Eur C624
Title:
Kumkum Bandyopadhyay papers.
Scope & Content:
`Indigenous Trade, Finance and Politics - A Study of Patna and its Hinterland: 1757-1813' by Kumkum Banyopadhyay (D.Phil thesis, University of Calcutta, 1987).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1757-1813
Extent:
1 volume

4. Mss Eur D1079

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Mss Eur D1079
Title:
Charles Watson papers.
Scope & Content:
Letterbook of correspondence between Rear-Admiral Charles Watson (1714-57), Royal Navy 1728-57, C-in-C, East Indies 1754-57, and Secretaries of State Lord Holdernesse and William Pitt, including reports on the defeat of the pirate Angria, the capture of Calcutta and Hooghly, and the battle of Pla...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1754-1757
Extent:
1 volume

5. Mss Eur F128

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Mss Eur F128
Title:
Sutton Court Collection: papers of Brig-Gen John Carnac (c1716-1800); and of Sir Henry Strachey, 1st Bart (1736-1810), and other members of the Strachey family
Scope & Content:
Sutton Court Collection: papers of (i) Brig-Gen John Carnac (c1716-1800), relating chiefly to his service in the Bengal Army 1758-67; (ii) papers of Sir Henry Strachey, 1st Bart (1736-1810), private secretary to 1st Lord Clive 1764-74, relating chiefly to Clive and his son, 2nd Lord Clive, Govern...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1756-1832
Extent:
232 items

6. Mss Eur F190

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Mss Eur F190
Title:
Sir Eyre Coote papers.
Scope & Content:
Coote Collection: papers of and relating to Lt-Gen Sir Eyre Coote (1726-83), British Army c1745-83, C-in-C, India 1779-83, chiefly relating to the Mysore War, 1780-84; also photocopy of typescript edition of Coote's journals of events in India 1756-57 and 1759-61.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1756-1787
Extent:
3 boxes; 4 volumes

7. Mss Eur Orme

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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