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032-002085313

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032-002085313

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Add MS 41622

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HIPPISLEY PAPERS. Original letters, private and official, from Col. William Fullarton, mainly while in command of the Southern Army in the war against Tipu Sultan, Nawab of Mysore, to Sir John Coxe Hippisley, [1st Bart. 1796], Acting Resident of the East India Co. at Tanjore; 1782-1787. Included also are a few letters of Hippisley and other officers in the service of the East India Co. and copies of correspondence of Fullarton with George Macartney, Baron and (1794) Earl Macartney, Governor and President of Fort St George, the Select Committee there, and others. At f. 318 is a key to the official cyphers. See Fullarton's British Interests in India, 1787, where two letters from him to the Governor and the Select Committee at Fort St George, 13 Aug. and 15 Nov. 1783 (ff. 58, 118) are printed (pp. 285 sqq., 296 sqq.). Paper; ff. ii+ 323. Large folio. Presented by Lady Horner.

Scope & Content:

Colonel William Fullarton, Commander of the Southern Army in India: Letters by: 1782-1786.: Autogr. and copies.

Sir John Coxe Hippisley, 1st Baronet: Correspondence with Col. W. Fullarton: 1782-1787.

India: Correspondence of the Select Committees of E. India Co. at Bombay and Madras with Col. W. Fullarton: 1783-1784.: Mostly copies.

India: Letters from Col. W. Fullarton, Commander of the Southern Army, to J. C. Hippisley: 1782-1786.

includes:

ff. 2, 6, 11, 16 Sir John Coxe Hippisley, 1st Baronet: Letters to J. Sullivan: 1782-1783.
ff. 13-285 passim Colonel William Fullarton, Commander of the Southern Army in India: Correspondence with the E. India Co.: 1783.: Mostly copies.
ff. 70, 126 John Hudleston, Military Secretary at Fort St. George, Madras; afterwards Director of the E India Co: Letters to J. C. Hippisley: 1783.: Copies.
ff. 77, 88, 116, 169, 211, 215, 278, 298 George Macartney, Baron (1776) and Earl Macartney 1794: Correspondence with Col. W. Fullarton: 1784.: Copies.
f. 95 Sir John Coxe Hippisley, 1st Baronet: Letter to Capt. Bruce: 1783.: Copy.
f. 107 Sir John Coxe Hippisley, 1st Baronet: Letter to Ensign Rosbotham: 1783.: Signed.
ff. 108, 276 John Hudleston, Military Secretary at Fort St. George, Madras; afterwards Director of the E India Co: Letters to Col. W. Fullarton: 1783.: Copies.
ff. 110, 134 John Hutchinson, Resident of the E India Co. at Anjengo: Letters to J. C. Hippisley: 1783.
f. 123 Lieutenant G. Smith: Letter to J. C. Hippisley: 1783.
f. 141 Colonel Alexander Gordon: Letter to Col. W. Fullarton: 1783.
f. 153 Christian Friedrich Schwartz, alias Swartz; Indian missionary: Letter to J. Sulivan: 1783.: Copy.
f. 153 Christian Friedrich Swartz, alias Schwartz; Indian missionary: Letter to J. Sulivan: 1783.: Copy.
f. 161 James Beck, Secretary of the Bombay Committee, E India Co: Letter to J. C. Hippisley: 1784.
ff. 203-208 Mysore, India: Treaty of peace with Tipu Sultan, Nawab of: 1784.: Copy.
ff. 203-208 Treaties: Treaty between the E. India Co. and Tipu Sultan, Nawab of Mysore: 1784.: Copy.
f. 247 John Sulivan, Resident of the EIndia Co. at Tanjore: Letter to Lord Macartney: 1784.: Copy.
f. 280 George Macartney, Baron (1776) and Earl Macartney 1794: Letter to Tipu Sultan, Nawab of Mysore: 1784.: Copy.
ff. 288, 292 Peter Herman Abbestee, Danish Governor of Tranquebar, in India: Letters to J. C. Hippisley: 1784.: Signed.
f. 312 Brigadier-General Matthew Horne, Commander of Southern Forces in India: Letter to Col. Stuart: 1787.: Copy.
f. 318 Cyphers: Key for the use of out-garrisons and subordinaries of the E. India Co.: late 18th cent.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

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Additional Manuscripts

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

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1 item

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Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1782

End Date:

1787

Date Range:

1782-1787

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Custodial History:

Frances Horner, wife of Sir John Francis Fortescue Horner: Presented: in 1928.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Abbestee, Peter Herman, Danish Governor of Tranquebar, in India
Beck, James, Secretary of the Bombay Committee, E India Co
Fullarton, William, Colonel; Commander of the Southern Army in India
Gordon, Alexander, army officer and correspondent of William Fullarton, fl 1783
Hippisley, John Coxe, 1st Baronet
Horne, Matthew, Brigadier-General; Commander of Southern Forces in India
Horner, Frances Jane, née Graham, society hostess and patron of the arts, 1854-1940
Hudleston, John, Military Secretary at Fort St. George, Madras; afterwards Director of the E India Co
Hutchinson, John, Resident of the E India Co. at Anjengo
Macartney, George, Baron (1776) and Earl Macartney 1794
Schwartz, Christian Friedrich, alias Swartz; Indian missionary
Smith, G., Lieutenant
Sulivan, John, Resident of the EIndia Co. at Tanjore
Swartz, Christian Friedrich, alias Schwartz; Indian missionary

Places:

India, Asia
Mysore, India