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Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur Orme OV.194
Title:: Journal and Orders of the Army under Brigadier-General Joseph Smith during the 2nd Expedition against Tanjore
Scope & Content:: Journal and Orders of the Army under Brigadier-General Joseph Smith during the 2nd Expedition against Tanjore July to November [1773]. (So described in the 1811 Catalogue.) See OV.215. 3, and India XVIII. 12.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1773
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur Orme OV.195
Title:: Coromandel Orderly Book
Scope & Content:: Coromandel Orderly Book, Aug. 1771 to July 1772. (So described in the 1811 Catalogue.) Possibly the same as OV.81. 1.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1771-1772
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur Orme OV.197
Title:: Various manuscripts relating to Saltpetre in Patna; an Expedition against the Marathas; Correspondence on Military, Naval and Shipping Matters; and Genealogical information on the Peshwah family
Scope & Content:: pp. [i-ii]. Table of Contents. 1, pp. 1-7 (32 x 19.2 cm.). A letter from Coja Ashruph to Omichund from Patna concerrning Mr. Pearkes’ conduct and Saltpetre. Copy. This letter, written during Eyre Coote's stay in Patna when pursuing the French detachment under Jean Law in 1757 is a complaint of...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1757-1782
Extent:: 1 volume, pp [ii], 188

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur Orme OV.199
Title:: J. [Joseph] Smith, Letters to the Board, 1766, &c.
Scope & Content:: 1, pp. 1-48. Letters from General Joseph Smith to the Board,1766-7. From 24 ,Oct. 1766 to 18 Nov. 1767. His service with the Nizam, and the early portion of the war with Haidar Ali.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1766-1767
Extent:: 1 volume, pp. 360

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur Orme OV.202
Title:: Letters from Robert Orme between the 29th Oct. 1768 and 22nd Nov. 1784
Scope & Content:: Letters from Robert Orme between the 29th Oct. 1768 and the 22nd Nov. 1784. Copies. Chiefly on matters of business, and nearly all dated from Harley Street. 1, p. 1. 29 Oct. 1768 to [Richard Smith], says that Clive is hostile to him; explains why the directors will not allow Smith to receive the...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1768-1784
Extent:: 1 volume, pp. 258

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur Orme OV.203
Title:: Scraps concerning Feritsha
Scope & Content:: Scraps concerning Feritsha: So described on a label pasted on the cover, but, as a matter of fact, there are notes on all sorts of subjects, imperfect and not always capable of identification. Two papers of some interest are placed at the beginning, as follows :- l. A List of Book and pamphle...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1770s
Extent:: 1 volume, ff. 163

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur Orme OV.204
Title:: Catalogue of Books
Scope & Content:: f. [i]. Memorandum concerning Books, 15 May 1779. A , list of Books returned to various gentlemen. 1, ff. 1-128. A Catalogue of Books, possibly a catalogue of Orme's Library. 2, ff. 134-135 (a). Index of the Classes under which the Books are arranged.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1779
Extent:: 1 volume, ff. [i], 137

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur Orme OV.205
Title:: Historical Remarks, England, R. O.
Scope & Content:: 1, pp. 1-13. Notes on English History. 2, pp. 13-38. Notes on French History. 3, pp. 38-39. Notes on English History.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1770s
Extent:: 1 volume, pp. 76

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur Orme OV.206
Title:: My Reading
Scope & Content:: 1, pp. 1-80. Notes on and extracts from Classical Writers. 2, pp. 83-99. Historical Journal of all that I [Orme] have ever read in my life, adjusted as well as Memory and Notes have enabled me to recollect. This covers the years 1736 to 1758, shows the kind of reading in which Orme indulged and...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1736-1758
Extent:: 1 volume, pp. 367

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur Orme OV.207
Title:: Orme's Literary Readings
Scope & Content:: 1, pp. 1-26. Notes and extracts. 2, pp. 27-40. Letter written by Orme for Lord Clive in 1761 to be sent to Lord Bute. Duplicate of India I. 10. A description of Batavia. See OV.41.5. 3, pp. 41-54. Notes and extracts. The History of the Conquest of Mexico, by Antonio de Solis; The History of th...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1775-1783
Extent:: 1 volume, pp. 372

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