p. [i]. Table of Contents. p. [iii]. The Settlement of Calcutta. Reference to Orme's account of the Zamindari of Calcutta (see 12. 19 and I. 15). p. [viii]. General Heads in this Volume. These are as follows :- Indostan in general - Pages 1-4; General Historical Accounts of Coromandel and th...
p. [i]. Contents. 1, pp. 1-263. Letters from Padre Wendel to Gen. R. Smith. Originals, in French, dated from 29 Oct. 1766 to 30 Nov. 1767. Private advices regarding political affairs. These letters are dated from Agra, at which town Padre Wendel appears to have acted as a special correspondent...
List of Contents at the beginning.1 (21.5 x 35 cm.). A chart from Point Calymere to Tondi, laid down from Remarks and Observations made on board the Snow "Neptune" in 1763 and 1764. J. Rennell, 1764. Manuscript. Possibly an original. James Rennell, the Geographer, commanded the Neptune at this ti...
'Various' - documents relating to military matters and geography in India
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pp. [i.-viii]. Table of Contents arranged according to Countries. Some of the papers having no headings, the latter are taken from this Table. 1, pp. 1-57 (32.5 x 20.8 cm.). Journal of military operations from September 1761 to 11 January 1764. Kept by Captain, now Major, Alexander Grant, who ...
pp. [i-ii]. Table of Contents. Arranged under Provinces. 1, p. 1 (22.5 x 18 cm.). Letter, dated Queen Square, Saturday, from Laurence Sulivan to Orme. Original. Sends him some old papers. 2, pp. 1-6 (30 x 18.5 cm.). Minutes taken on board his Majesty's Ship "Kent," at the attack of Buzea Bug...
This volume is not entered in volume 246, which seems to imply that the volume was, like 68 above, returned to the owner before 246 was compiled, in other words by Orme himself, as in 158 it is stated that it belonged to Mr. John Call, and that its contents consisted of:- 1. Journal of the Sie...
Historical abridgement of the Tarikh-i-Feristha of Muhammad Kasim
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p. [i]. Contents. 1, pp. 11-162. Historical abridgement of the Tarikh-i-Ferishta of Muhammad Kasim and of several other historians, from 1572 to --, translated by R. Orme from the French of M. Gentil. Original