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Place Tanjore, Madras

1. IOR Neg 4381-82

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IOR Neg 4381-82
Title:
Sir Robert Palk papers.
Scope & Content:
Letters and papers of Sir Robert Palk, 1st Bart (1717-98), Governor of Madras 1763-66, MP 1767-68 and 1774-87, chiefly dated 1767-86, but with a few earlier papers including an account, dated 1755, by Maj (later Maj-Gen) Stringer Lawrence of his campaigns in India 1752-54, addressed to Rear-Admir...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1755-1786
Extent:
2 reels

2. Mss Eur C307

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Mss Eur C307
Title:
Papers of Paul Benfield, East India Company servant, Madras
Scope & Content:
Benfield Collection: correspondence and papers of Paul Benfield (1741-1810), East India Company servant, Madras 1764-77, 1781-88; banker and creditor of the Nawab of Arcot; Member of Parliament 1780-84, 1790-92, 1793-1802; notoriously corrupt; referring especially to Benfield's financial affairs ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1772-1801
Extent:
5 volumes

3. Mss Eur C436

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Mss Eur C436
Title:
Henry Dundas papers.
Scope & Content:
Papers of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742-1811), Member 1784 and President 1793-1801 of the Board of Control, chiefly comprising letters and documents received from Sir John Menzies, Agent in London of the Raja of Tanjore, concerning the Raja's inability to meet the Madras Government's ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1793-1796
Extent:
57 folios

4. Mss Eur D970

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Mss Eur D970
Title:
James Bayley papers.
Scope & Content:
Papers of Maj James Bayley (b 1783), Madras Army 1804-29, consisting of a survey of the area between Tanjore and Malabar; a letter describing Java where Bayley was stationed in 1812; and a journal of a trip on the Ganges and Jumna rivers.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1808-1814
Extent:
49 folios

5. Mss Eur D1058

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Mss Eur D1058
Title:
Sir James Lillyman Caldwell papers.
Scope & Content:
Papers of General Sir James Lillyman Caldwell (1770-1863), Madras Engineers 1788-1837, including letter book kept while surveying in the Northern Circars and other parts of the Madras Presidency 1794-97.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1794-1863
Extent:
3 volumes; 16 folios

6. Mss Eur D1190

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Mss Eur D1190
Title:
Warren Hastings papers.
Scope & Content:
Papers, dated 1772-95, and 1815, of and concerning Warren Hastings (1732-1818), Governor of Bengal 1772-74 and Governor-General 1774-85, chiefly relating to the Maratha War 1775-82 and the quarrel between Hastings and Lord Macartney, Governor of Madras 1781-85.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1772-1815
Extent:
1 volume

7. Mss Eur D1208

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Mss Eur D1208
Title:
East India Company papers.
Scope & Content:
Volume, dated 1752-78 (mainly 1776-78), probably compiled in East India House and comprising copies of correspondence and memoranda between the Raja of Tanjore, his `vakils', the Government of Madras, and the Directors of the East India Company, mainly relating to the dispute over Tanjore between...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1752-1778
Extent:
1 volume

8. Mss Eur E379

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Mss Eur E379
Title:
Diaries of George Paterson as Secretary to the Naval Commander-in-Chief, East Indies 1769-74
Scope & Content:
Paterson Collection: diaries of George Paterson (1734-1817), Secretary to Rear Admiral Sir John Lindsay and Admiral Sir Robert Harland successively Naval Commanders-in-Chief, East Indies 1769-71 and 1771-74, giving an account of negotiations with the Nawab of the Carnatic concerning the latter's ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1769-1775
Extent:
10 items

9. Mss Eur E422

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Mss Eur E422
Title:
Madras Native Association papers.
Scope & Content:
Address, dated 18 Feb 1860, from the Madras Native Association protesting at the Indian Government's actions in abolishing the Raj of Tanjore and confiscating the private property of the late Raja (d 1855), presented to John Bruce Norton (1815-83), lawyer and judicial office holder, Madras 1843-7...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1860
Extent:
4 folios

10. Mss Eur F109

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F109
Title:
Papers of John Adam, Bengal Civil Service 1796-1825, member of Supreme Council of India 1819-25, Acting Governor-General of India 1823
Scope & Content:
Adam Collection: official papers and private correspondence of John Adam (1779-1825), Bengal Civil Service 1796-1825, including papers as Member of Supreme Council of India 1819-25 and Acting Governor-General 1823.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1794-1825
Extent:
109 items