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Mss Eur D588-89
- Record Id:
- 032-002272769
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002272769
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000002032.0x000204
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur D588-89
- Title:
- David Scott papers.
- Scope & Content:
- Correspondence of David Scott (1746-1805), MP, East India Company Director 1788-1802, Chairman 1796 and 1801, on Indian affairs and patronage, comprising letters from Lord Wellesley (including one, dated 1802, referring to his proposed resignation as Governor General), Henry Dundas, Thomas Coutts, and others; also sketch map of Port Canning and watercolour map of Western Port, Australia.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002272769", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Mss Eur D588-89: David Scott papers." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002272769
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002272769
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1793
- End Date:
- 1803
- Date Range:
- 1793-1803
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased, 30 November 1959
- Finding Aids:
- For detailed description see handlist in the reading room.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Cornwallis, Charles, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, army officer and politician, 1738-1805
Coutts, Thomas, Subject of Mss Eur D588-89
Dundas, Henry, 1st Viscount Melville, lawyer, politician and statesman, 1742-1811
East India Company, 1600-1858
Hobart, Robert, Lord Hobart; 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire
Scott, David, Creator of Mss Eur D588-89
Scott, David, Subject of Mss Eur B152, 1746-1805
Wellesley, Arthur, 1st Duke of Wellington, army officer and statesman, 1769-1852
Wellesley, Richard Colley, 2nd Earl of Mornington, Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, 1760-1842 - Places:
- Australia, Oceania
India, Asia
Port Canning, Bengal, India - Related Archive Descriptions:
- IOR/X/12014