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1. Mss Eur Orme

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Mss Eur Orme
Title:
Robert Orme papers.
Scope & Content:
Orme Collection: papers of Robert Orme (1728-1801), East India Company servant, Bengal and Madras 1743-58, historiographer to the Company 1769-1801, chiefly collected for his `History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan from the year 1745' (London 1763, 1778).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1636-1796
Extent:
356 volumes

2. Mss Eur Orme India

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Mss Eur Orme India
Title:
Orme India
Scope & Content:
The INDIA volumes, containing almost entirely copies of manuscripts, the originals of most of which are to be found in the ORME VARIOUS, though some [e.g. the Eyre Coote Journals (VII. 3, 4; VIII. 2), the originals of which, I fear, are hopelessly lost.], and these not the least important, are c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Portuguese
Date Range:
1745-1780s
Extent:
20 Volumes

3. Mss Eur Orme OV.

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Orme OV.
Title:
Orme Various
Scope & Content:
The Orme Various or O.V. volumes, containing chiefly originals or duplicates. As regards the contents of the Orme Various volumes, it must not be supposed that these are of anything like equal value. Putting aside the differences naturally arising from the capacity or authority of the writers,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1636-1796
Extent:
304 Volumes

4. Mss Eur Orme OV.143

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Mss Eur Orme OV.143
Title:
Scrafton.
Scope & Content:
1, ff. 1-138. Revolution in Bengal. Apparently Original, by Luke Scrafton. Incomplete, stopping short on p. 68 of the edition published. Published in 1763 as Reflections on the government of Indostan, with a short sketch of the History of Bengal from 1739 to 1756, and an account of the English a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1758
Extent:
1 volume, ff. 138.

5. Mss Eur Orme OV.322

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Orme OV.322
Title:
Index of Native names
Scope & Content:
In Orme's handwriting.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mid 18th century
Extent:
1 part, pp. 48.

6. Mss Eur Orme OV.11

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Orme OV.11
Title:
Indexes
Scope & Content:
Stated in 134, p. 357, to be originals. p. 1. Contents. 1, pp. 5-101 (36.5 x 22.5 cm.). Coromandel History. Index of proper names of persons and places in the first volume, first edition, of Mr. Orme's History. 2, pp.105-128 (23 x 18.5 cm.). East Indies in General and Extra Hindostan. Impe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1760s-1770s
Extent:
1 volume, pp. 152.

7. Mss Eur Orme OV.156

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Mss Eur Orme OV.156
Title:
Coromandel
Scope & Content:
1, pp. 1-221. Intended Index under each month of each Year to the affairs of Coromandel. Intended to cover the period from June 1756 to Dec. 1774. Very few entries have been made, and apparently Orme gave up the attempt. A number of references are made to Cambridge's War in India.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1774
Extent:
1 volume, pp. 270.

8. Mss Eur Orme OV.157

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Mss Eur Orme OV.157
Title:
Bengal
Scope & Content:
p. [i]. Table of Contents. 1, pp. 1-212. Index under each month of each year to affairs of Bengal . . From June 1757 to Dec. 1771. No entries later than Jan. 1761.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1771
Extent:
1 volume, pp. [i] 274.

9. Mss Eur Orme OV.19

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Orme OV.19
Title:
Bengal, 1756.
Scope & Content:
Manuscripts stated in 134, p. 357, to be originals. pp. [i-iii]. Table of Contents. 1, pp. 1-2 (30.5 x 18.5 cm.). Letter, dated Calcutta, 25 August 1752, from Robert Orme to Robert Clive. Original. Orme anticipates trouble with the native rulers of Bengal:- “The Nabob coming down with all his ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1752-1767
Extent:
1 volume, pp. [iii] 222.

10. Mss Eur Orme OV.178

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Orme OV.178
Title:
Commonplace Book
Scope & Content:
1, pp. 1-268. Commonplace Book. Readings and Notes. Nearly empty.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1770s
Extent:
1 volume, pp. 270