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1. Mss Eur F286

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F286
Title:
Letterbooks and collected essays and papers of Lt-Col John Macdonald, Bengal Engineers 1782-1800; mainly concerning scientific research and observations on India
Scope & Content:
Letter books and volumes of collected essays and papers of Lt- Col John Macdonald (1759-1831), Bengal Engineers 1781-96, chiefly comprising writings on India and reports of his scientific research.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1791-1831
Extent:
8 items

2. Mss Eur F286/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F286/1
Title:
Scope & Content:
Letterbook of Lt-Col John Macdonald including letters to the Asiatic Journal and Sir Humphrey Davy; with notes on mathematics and chemistry, and meteorological observations.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1791-1831
Extent:
Unspecified

3. Mss Eur F286/1-3

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F286/1-3
Title:
Letterbooks
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
Unspecified

4. Mss Eur F286/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F286/2
Title:
Scope & Content:
Letterbook of Lt-Col John Macdonald including letters to the Duke of Wellington, Lord Ellenborough, Lord Althorp, Earl Grey and others.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1827-Aug 1831
Extent:
Unspecified

5. Mss Eur F286/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F286/3
Title:
Scope & Content:
Notes of meteorological observations and a letter from the Royal Asiatic Society - originally loose in Mss Eur F 286/2.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1824
Extent:
Unspecified

6. Mss Eur F286/4

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F286/4
Title:
Scope & Content:
Volume of Essays and Papers by Col Macdonald, Vol 2, collected and arranged by his son Robert Collins Macdonald, concerning the diurnal variation of the magnetic needle, manoeuvres and exercises of the French Infantry, telegraphic communication, suttee and the civilization of India.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1797-1832
Extent:
Unspecified

7. Mss Eur F286/4-8

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F286/4-8
Title:
Lt-Col John Macdonald, Bengal Engineers 1782-1800: collected essays and papers
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
Unspecified

8. Mss Eur F286/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F286/5
Title:
Scope & Content:
Volume of Essays and Papers by Col Macdonald, Vol 1, collected and arranged by Robert Collins Macdonald, concerning scientific problems as well as the Indian Army, Haileybury College and the 'East India Question', with an obituary of Lt-Col John Macdonald.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1808-1831
Extent:
Unspecified

9. Mss Eur F286/6

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F286/6
Title:
Scope & Content:
The Experienced Officer, or Instructions by the General of Division, Francis Wimpffen, to his sons; with an introduction by Lt-Col John Macdonald.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1804
Extent:
Unspecified

10. Mss Eur F286/7

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F286/7
Title:
Scope & Content:
Some short arguments and plain facts shewing that the civilization and instruction of the natives of India furnish the surest means of upholding the stability of our Oriental Empire and of the introduction and speedy progress of Christianity by Lt-Col John Macdonald.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1820
Extent:
Unspecified

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