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1. 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

2. Mss Eur C307/1

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Mss Eur C307/1
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Scope & Content:
Sir John Call (1732-1801), Madras Civil Service 1751-71, later M.P. and banker in London, to Benfield in Madras, Paris and London, and to Nathaniel Wraxall, about Benfield's financial affairs, including his purchase of a seat in Parliament in 1790.1775-95 Benjamin Roebuck (1754-1809), Madras C...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
Unspecified

3. Mss Eur C307/2

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Mss Eur C307/2
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Scope & Content:
Sir John Call (and Messrs. Call and Wynch) to Benfield in Madras about his financial affairs and his dispute with Lord Pigot.1775-77 Copies of correspondence about the affairs of Muhammad Ali Khan Walajah, Nawab of the Carnatic, comprising: [Captain] John Deane and George Paterson to the Naw...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
Unspecified

4. Mss Eur C307/3

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Mss Eur C307/3
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Scope & Content:
Letters to Benfield from Nathaniel Wraxall (1751-1831), mainly dated Jan - Dec 1786. Begins with a plan of travel for Benfield in Northern and Central Europe and Italy [undated, but see Wraxall's letter of 10 Nov 1789, Volume 4], and accounts and notes about voting at Cricklade, dated 1781 and 1784.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1781-1784
Extent:
Unspecified

5. Mss Eur C307/4

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Mss Eur C307/4
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Scope & Content:
Letters to Benfield from Nathaniel Wraxall, mainly dated Sep 1789 - Mar 1790, and dealing with Wraxall's efforts to prepare for Benfield's return to live in England. Also some earlier letters: Mar-Jun 1790 Jan-Mar 1790 Apr 1788 1789 - Jan 1790 Mar-Jun 1781.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1781-1790
Extent:
Unspecified

6. Mss Eur C307/5

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Mss Eur C307/5
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Scope & Content:
Various letters to Benfield from friends and associates in Madras, England and elsewhere. Includes series of letters from Robert Holford, Benfield's agent or partner at Tranquebar and on visits to Calcutta and Copenhagen [1772-86]; from George Paterson, formerly Secretary to Admirals Sir John Lin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1772-1798
Extent:
Unspecified