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Mss Eur C307
- Record Id:
- 032-002265742
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002265742
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000063.0x000198
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur C307
- Title:
- Papers of Paul Benfield, East India Company servant, Madras
- Scope & Content:
- Benfield Collection: correspondence and papers of Paul Benfield (1741-1810), East India Company servant, Madras 1764-77, 1781-88; banker and creditor of the Nawab of Arcot; Member of Parliament 1780-84, 1790-92, 1793-1802; notoriously corrupt; referring especially to Benfield's financial affairs and those of the Nawab.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002265742", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Mss Eur C307: Papers of Paul Benfield, East India Company servant, Madras" },{ "id" : "040-002265743", "parent" : "032-002265742", "text" : "Mss Eur C307/1: Sir John Call (1732-1801), Madras Civil Service 1751-71, later M.P. and banker in London, to Benfield in Madras, Paris and London, and…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265744", "parent" : "032-002265742", "text" : "Mss Eur C307/2: Sir John Call (and Messrs. Call and Wynch) to Benfield in Madras about his financial affairs and his dispute with Lord Pigot.1775-77…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265745", "parent" : "032-002265742", "text" : "Mss Eur C307/3: Letters to Benfield from Nathaniel Wraxall (1751-1831), mainly dated Jan - Dec 1786. Begins with a plan of travel for Benfield in…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265746", "parent" : "032-002265742", "text" : "Mss Eur C307/4: Letters to Benfield from Nathaniel Wraxall, mainly dated Sep 1789 - Mar 1790, and dealing with Wraxall's efforts to prepare for…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265747", "parent" : "032-002265742", "text" : "Mss Eur C307/5: Various letters to Benfield from friends and associates in Madras, England and elsewhere. Includes series of letters from Robert…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002265742
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- Mss Eur C307/1 : Sir John Call (1732-1801), Madras Civil Service 1751-71, later M.P. and banker in London, to Benfield in Madras, Paris and London,…
Mss Eur C307/2 : Sir John Call (and Messrs. Call and Wynch) to Benfield in Madras about his financial affairs and his dispute with Lord…
Mss Eur C307/3 : Letters to Benfield from Nathaniel Wraxall (1751-1831), mainly dated Jan - Dec 1786. Begins with a plan of travel for Benfield…
Mss Eur C307/4 : Letters to Benfield from Nathaniel Wraxall, mainly dated Sep 1789 - Mar 1790, and dealing with Wraxall's efforts to prepare…
Mss Eur C307/5 : Various letters to Benfield from friends and associates in Madras, England and elsewhere. Includes series of letters from…
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- 032-002265742
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur C307
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 5 volumes
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1772
- End Date:
- 1801
- Date Range:
- 1772-1801
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased, 01 May 1979
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Atkinson, Richard, merchant and director of the East India Company, 1738-1785
Benfield, Paul, politician and merchant, 1741-1810
Call, John, 1st Baronet, politician and military engineer, 1732-1801
Deane, John, army officer, fl 1776
East India Company, 1600-1858
Fraser, Charles, Colonel
Hall, John Stuart
Holford, Robert, Creator of Mss Eur F105
House of Commons, 1801-
Macartney, George, Baron (1776) and Earl Macartney 1794
Madras Army
Muhammad Ali, Nawab of Arcot, 1749-1795
Paterson, George, physician, secretary of mission to Nawab of the Carnatic, 1734-1817
Paull, James, Subject of Mss Eur F82
Pigot, George, Baron Pigot, Governor of Madras
Roebuck, Benjamin
Staunton, George Leonard, 1st Baronet
Umdat-ul-Umara, Nawab of Arcot, 1795-1801
Wraxall, Nathaniel William, 1st Baronet - Places:
- Madras, India
Tanjore, Madras