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61. Mss Eur A31; B98-101; C90; D441-42; E161-70; F61-65

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur A31; B98-101; C90; D441-42; E161-70; F61-65
Title:
Masson Collection: papers of Charles Masson (1800-53), (pseudonym of James Lewis), Bengal Artillery 1822, deserted 1827, traveller, Agent to the Government of India at Kabul 1834-36, comprising correspondence, journals and narratives and other topographical, historical and numismatic papers, notes, sketch maps and drawings relating to Afghanistan, Punjab, Sind Baluchistan and Persia.
Scope & Content:
Masson Collection: papers of Charles Masson (1800-53), (pseudonym of James Lewis), Bengal Artillery 1822, deserted 1827, traveller, Agent to the Government of India at Kabul 1834-36, comprising correspondence, journals and narratives and other topographical, historical and numismatic papers, note...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1828-1853
Extent:
29 volumes

62. Mss Eur A229

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur A229
Title:
Letter book of in-correspondence of Andrew Ross Bell (d 1841), Bengal Civil Service 1828-41, Magistrate and Collector, Central Division, Delhi 1838-39, and Political Agent, Upper Sind 1839-41, chiefly relating to his duties in the latter post.
Scope & Content:
Letter book of in-correspondence of Andrew Ross Bell (d 1841), Bengal Civil Service 1828-41, Magistrate and Collector, Central Division, Delhi 1838-39, and Political Agent, Upper Sind 1839-41, chiefly relating to his duties in the latter post.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1838-1840
Extent:
1 volume

63. Mss Eur A231

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur A231
Title:
Letter from Sir Henry Evan Murchison James (1846-1923), Indian Civil Service 1865-1900, Commissioner in Sind 1891-1900, to Lord Curzon sending him a complimentary copy of 'A Forgotten Chapter of Indian History .. the Memoirs of Seth Naomul Hotchand, C.S.I .. 1804-78' [a British supporter in Sind and 'a great ally of Sir Bartle Frere']. Edited and printed (1915) by James for private circulation only because he feared Germany using British actions in Sind for propaganda purposes.
Scope & Content:
Letter from Sir Henry Evan Murchison James (1846-1923), Indian Civil Service 1865-1900, Commissioner in Sind 1891-1900, to Lord Curzon sending him a complimentary copy of 'A Forgotten Chapter of Indian History .. the Memoirs of Seth Naomul Hotchand, C.S.I .. 1804-78' [a British supporter in Sind ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1804-1878
Extent:
1 folder

64. Mss Eur B114

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B114
Title:
John Jacob papers.
Scope & Content:
`History of General Sir Charles Napier's administration of Scinde', (London 1851) by Sir William Napier; copy presented by Brig-Gen John Jacob to Lt-Gen Sir James Outram with manuscript notes and comments by Jacob.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1843-1851
Extent:
1 volume

65. Mss Eur B255

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B255
Title:
John Keane papers.
Scope & Content:
Letters received by Lt-Gen Sir John Keane, 1st Baron Keane of Ghuznee (1781-1844), British Army 1793, C-in-C, Bombay 1834-40, commanded advance of Army of Indus into Afghanistan 1839: (i) dated 1836-39, from General Sir Henry Fane (1778-1840), British Army 1792, C-in-C, India 1835-39 on various m...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1836-1841
Extent:
2 volumes

66. Mss Eur B297

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B297
Title:
Sir James Outram papers.
Scope & Content:
Letter, dated 26 Jul 1842, from Maj (later Lt-Gen Sir) James Outram, 1st Bart (1803-63), Bombay Army 1819-60, to Brig-Gen John Jacob (1812-58), Bombay Artillery 1828-58, Commandant, Scinde Irregular Horse 1841-58, commenting on a proposal to reduce the numbers of irregular cavalry on the Sind fro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1842
Extent:
2 folios

67. Mss Eur B330

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B330
Title:
Sir James Outram papers.
Scope & Content:
Manuscript copy of a journal (1838-39) of Capt (later Lt-Gen Sir) James Outram, 1st Bart (1803-63), Bombay Army 1819-60, while on staff of Lt-Gen Sir John Keane (1781-1844), describing the latter's march through Sind to Ghazni and Kabul at the outset of the Afghan War; also letters (1825-26) to W...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1825-1839
Extent:
2 volumes; 16 folios

68. 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

69. Mss Eur C208

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C208
Title:
Samuel Rawson papers.
Scope & Content:
Copy of letter, dated 25 May 1843, from Maj Samuel Rawson, British Army, to his mother describing a march from Karachi to Hyderabad while serving in Sind under Sir Charles Napier; also copies of Rawson's accounts, dated 1843 and 1848, and the rules of the Masonic lodge at Karachi.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1843-1848
Extent:
27 folios

70. Mss Eur C211

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C211
Title:
John Court Curry papers.
Scope & Content:
`The joy of the working: memoirs of an Indian policeman': typescript autobiography of John Court Curry (b 1887), Indian Police 1907-33, describing his life in the Bombay and Sind police.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1959
Extent:
2 volumes