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Mss Eur D1079
- Record Id:
- 032-002276046
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002276046
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000002032.0x0003e3
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur D1079
- Title:
- Charles Watson papers.
- Scope & Content:
- Letterbook of correspondence between Rear-Admiral Charles Watson (1714-57), Royal Navy 1728-57, C-in-C, East Indies 1754-57, and Secretaries of State Lord Holdernesse and William Pitt, including reports on the defeat of the pirate Angria, the capture of Calcutta and Hooghly, and the battle of Plassey.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002276046", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Mss Eur D1079: Charles Watson papers." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002276046
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002276046
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1754
- End Date:
- 1757
- Date Range:
- 1754-1757
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased, 21 February 1985
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Angre, Tulaji, son of Kanhoji Angre, fl 1729-1756
Clive, Robert, 1st Baronet Clive of Plassey, administrator and army officer, 1725-1774,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121174323
D'Arcy, Robert, 4th Earl of Holdernesse, diplomat and politician, 1718-1778
East India Company, 1600-1858
Pitt, William, 1st Earl of Chatham, Prime Minister, called 'the elder', 1708-1778
Royal Navy, 1660-
Watson, Charles, Rear-Admiral - Places:
- Bengal, India
Plassey, India
Vijayadurg (or Gheria), Bombay