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1. Add MS 58773(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 58773(2)
Title:
The 'Caledonia,' Captn. Ralph Gordon. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View of the steamer on which Collings travelled to India.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

2. HS.85/10/1(8669)

Reference (shelfmark):
HS.85/10/1(8669)
Title:
Launch of the ‘Corona’, The Niagara Navigation Company's new steamer. Photographer: Freeland, William Thomson
Scope & Content:
A small, faded print, looking across the river, towards the shipyard and the steamer 'Corona.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1896
Extent:
1 item

3. HS.85/10/2(9445)

Reference (shelfmark):
HS.85/10/2(9445)
Title:
Steamship ‘Islander’ leaving Vancouver, British Columbia for Skagway Bay. Photographer: Jones, John Wallace
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Photographer's credit and copyright declaration on mount. Port bow view of the small steamer, with passengers on deck.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1897
Extent:
1 item

4. HS.85/10/2(9446)

Reference (shelfmark):
HS.85/10/2(9446)
Title:
R.M.S. 'Empress of India.' Photographer: Edwards Bros.
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Photographer's credit and copyright declaration printed through negative. Port beam view of the 'Empress of India,' under way off Vancouver Island.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1897
Extent:
1 item

5. IOR/F/4/2519/144526

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2519/144526
Title:
‘Egyptian Mission. Proceedings of Government in connection with the Mission by the Viceroy of Egypt of His Excellency Bechet Aga to Muskat and Bahrein. Vol: 2’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, memoranda, resolutions, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Beghet Agha [Bahjat Āghā; also spelt Behjet and Behget], an agent...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Mar 1853-21 Apr 1853
Extent:
1 item (27 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/5/129, ff 4-27

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/129, ff 4-27
Title:
Turkish Arabia Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of India Secret Department to the East India Company Secret Committee, Number 2 of 1838, dated 7 February 1838. The enclosures are dated 17 July-29 November 1837. The item relates to Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq] and cov...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Feb 1838
Extent:
1 item (24 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 109-112

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 109-112
Title:
'Notes on Memo. Submitted on Iron Steam Vessels'.
Scope & Content:
Copy of a memorandum regarding the unsuitability of iron steam vessels for use on the Euphrates and Indus rivers. (With a note in pencil, by unknown author, criticizing the tone of the memorandum and asking for another opinion).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c May 1839
Extent:
1 item (3 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/5/380, ff 300-322

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/380, ff 300-322
Title:
Sending Iron Steamers on Board the Urania for Service on the Euphrates and Tigris
Scope & Content:
The item comprises enclosures to a despatch, Number 123 of 1839, dated 20 November 1839, from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the East India Company Secret Committee on the subject of sending iron steamers from England on board the merchant ship Urania for service on the rivers Eup...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Nov 1839
Extent:
1 item (23 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/5/385, ff 200-448

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/385, ff 200-448
Title:
The Indus steam flotilla, Scinde and Luss, Afghanistan and Bussora
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 38 of 1840, dated 22 June 1840. The enclosures are numbered 3-90 and are dated 10 August 1839 to 22 June 1840. Enclosure numbers 4, 6-8, 10, 12-1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jun 1840
Extent:
1 item (249 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/5/385, ff 744-1021

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/385, ff 744-1021
Title:
Affairs in Various Places in Asia
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 54 of 1840, dated 23 July 1840. The enclosures listed in the abstract of contents are numbered 3-107. There is a note on folio 745 stating that...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jul 1840
Extent:
1 item (278 folios)