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Place Saint Helena, Africa

1. 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

2. IOR Neg 19038

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR Neg 19038
Title:
Pierre Sonnerat papers.
Scope & Content:
Microfilm of unpublished manuscript entitled `Nouveau Voyage aux Indes Orientales fait par ordre du gouvernement francais' by Pierre Sonnerat (1748-1814), Commissaire de la Marine, naturalist, and member of various academies.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1786-1813
Extent:
1 reel

3. Mss Eur A75

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur A75
Title:
Conveyance by Edward Byfield, Governor of St Helena 1727-31, and his Council, to Richard Goodwin, of two and a half acres of East India Company land, called Carnes Gutts, for the sum of £65.
Scope & Content:
Conveyance by Edward Byfield, Governor of St Helena 1727-31, and his Council, to Richard Goodwin, of two and a half acres of East India Company land, called Carnes Gutts, for the sum of £65.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1727
Extent:
1 folio

4. 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

5. Mss Eur D1027

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Mss Eur D1027
Title:
East India Company papers.
Scope & Content:
A few miscellaneous papers and letters concerning East India Company affairs at home and abroad, including arrangements for voyages to India and China, and correspondence between Company servants about the settlement at St Helena.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1625-1698
Extent:
14 folios

6. Mss Eur D1199

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D1199
Title:
John Hamilton papers.
Scope & Content:
Journal of accounts of Capt John Hamilton (b 1764), East India Company maritime service 1780-c1802, Commander of the `Bombay Castle' on its voyage from London to Canton via Rio de Janeiro and returning via St. Helena, giving details of current accounts, expenses, cargoes and supplies.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1800-1801
Extent:
1 volume

7. Mss Eur E334

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Mss Eur E334
Title:
Papers of the Skelton and Pittman families, who served in the Madras and Bombay Armies, and the Madras Civil Service
Scope & Content:
Skelton Collection: personal correspondence and papers of the Skelton and Pittman families including Capt Philip Pittman (1740-75), Madras Engineers 1770-75; Lt Gibbon Charles George Pittman (1773-98), Madras Engineers 1790-98; Lt-Gen John Skelton (1764-1841), Bombay Army 1782-1841, Lt-Gov of St ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1769-1872
Extent:
42 items

8. Mss Eur E398

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur E398
Title:
Letters and papers of Lt-Gen Sir Hudson Lowe (1769-1844), British Army 1787, Governor of St Helena 1815-21, and others, on matters arising from the imprisonment of Napoleon, including the dismissal of his surgeon, Barry Edwards O Meara (1786-1836)
Scope & Content:
Letters and papers of Lt-Gen Sir Hudson Lowe (1769-1844), British Army 1787, Governor of St Helena 1815-21, and others, on matters arising from the imprisonment of Napoleon, including the dismissal of his surgeon, Barry Edward O'Meara (1786-1836).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1817-1819
Extent:
12 files

9. Mss Eur F294

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F294
Title:
Joseph Bryant papers.
Scope & Content:
Log books and abstract logs of voyages of the `Seringapatam' and the `Nile' between London and India, kept by Joseph Bryant, midshipman.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1856-1865
Extent:
3 volumes

10. Mss Eur F454

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F454
Title:
Account by Gerard Montagu (1820-68) of his voyage to Bombay as a voluntary apprentice in the merchant ship 'Princess Charlotte'; also modern edited transcript with introduction by his descendant Timothy Soames.
Scope & Content:
Account by Gerard Montagu (1820-68) of his voyage to Bombay as a voluntary apprentice in the merchant ship 'Princess Charlotte'; also modern edited transcript with introduction by his descendant Timothy Soames.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1834-1835
Extent:
1folder