Letters from Colin Shakespear (d.1835), Bengal Civil Service 1790-1835 and General Superintendent of Shakespearean Bridges 1824-28, about troubles at Bharatpur and in Burma.
Copies of correspondence of Andrew Stirling, Deputy Secretary, Political and Secret Department, with various officials in India about plans for strategy in case of Daulat Rao Sindia's death.
Letters to George Best Robinson from his father and from his son (Sir) George Abercrombie Robinson (1826-91), and various friends. Also letters from Alexander Matheson of Jardine, Matheson & Co, Canton, about the estate of Henry Stirling Robinson after his death in 1833 at sea. Dated as: 18...
Official correspondence as Superintendent of British Trade in China, mainly with Captain Charles Elliot, R.N. (1801-75) and with Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784-1865), Foreign Secretary 1830-41. Also letter of appointment as Third Superintendent, and later testimonials to his con...
Letters to Francis Horsley Robinson from his friend Ensign Henry Bower (Madras Army 1821-62, Lt-Col 1859), from his father, and from his sisters-in-law Bella Douglas and Matilda Robinson. Dated as: 1820-28 and nd
Letters to Francis Horsley Robinson about family history, from his cousin John Jervis and from G.W. Collen, Portcullis Poursuivant of Arms, with bill for genealogical research.