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Mss Eur B137
- Record Id:
- 032-002277468
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002277468
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000075.0x000008
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur B137
- Title:
- Letters received by Sir James Cosmo Melvill, East India Company Home service 1808-58, and his son, also James Cosmo Melvill, East India Company and India Office official 1838-72
- Scope & Content:
- Letters from various correspondents to Sir James Cosmo Melvill (1792-1861), East India Company Home Service 1808-58, Chief Secretary to the Company 1836-58; and his son, also James Cosmo Melvill, East India Company Home Service from 1838, Assistant Under-Secretary of State for India 1858-72, mainly about Indian affairs.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002277468", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Mss Eur B137: Letters received by Sir James Cosmo Melvill, East India Company Home service 1808-58, and his son, also James Cosmo Melvill, East India…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002277469", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/1: Letter from George III [Commission as Ensign from the Prince Regent] to Sir J. C. Melvill?" },{ "id" : "040-002277470", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/2: Letter from E. C. Melvill to Sir J. C. Melvill?" },{ "id" : "040-002277471", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/3: Letter from Sir John Hobhouse" },{ "id" : "040-002277472", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/4: Letter from Sir Frederick Adam to Peter Auber" },{ "id" : "040-002277473", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/5: Letter from Lord Glenelg to Melvill" },{ "id" : "040-002277474", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/6: Letter from the Earl of Auckland to Sir J. C. Melvill?" },{ "id" : "040-002277475", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/7: Letter from the Earl of Auckland to Sir J. C. Melvill?" },{ "id" : "040-002277476", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/8: Letter from the Earl of Auckland to Sir J. C. Melvill?" },{ "id" : "040-002277477", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/9: Letter from Maitland to Sir J. C. Melvill?" },{ "id" : "040-002277478", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/10: Letter from the 13th Baron Elphinstone" },{ "id" : "040-002277479", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/11: Letter from the Earl of Clarendon" },{ "id" : "040-002277480", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/12: Letter from M [elvill] (copy) to the Duke [of Wellington]" },{ "id" : "040-002277481", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/13: Letter from Charles Arbuthnot to Melvill" },{ "id" : "040-002277482", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/14: Letter from Charles Arbuthnot to Melvill" },{ "id" : "040-002277483", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/15: Letter from Charles Arbuthnot to Melvill" },{ "id" : "040-002277484", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/16: Letter from Sir John Yarde Buller to Lyall" },{ "id" : "040-002277485", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/17: Letter from the Earl of Ellenborough to the Chairman of the East India Company" },{ "id" : "040-002277486", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/18: Letter from the Earl of Ellenborough to J. C. Melvill?" },{ "id" : "040-002277487", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/19: Letter from Charles Arbuthnot to Melvill" },{ "id" : "040-002277488", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/20: Letter from Charles Arbuthnot to Melvill" },{ "id" : "040-002277489", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/21: Letter from Melvill to Charles Arbuthnot (copy)" },{ "id" : "040-002277490", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/22: Letter from Charles Arbuthnot to Melvill" },{ "id" : "040-002277491", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/23: Letter from Melvill to Charles Arbuthnot (copy)" },{ "id" : "040-002277492", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/24: Letter from Charles Arbuthnot to Melvill" },{ "id" : "040-002277493", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/25: Letter from Charles Arbuthnot to Melvill" },{ "id" : "040-002277494", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/26: Letter from Charles Arbuthnot to Melvill" },{ "id" : "040-002277495", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/27: Letter from Melvill to Charles Arbuthnot (copy)" },{ "id" : "040-002277496", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/28: Letter from Charles Arbuthnot to Melvill" },{ "id" : "040-002277497", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/29: Letter from Melvill to Charles Arbuthnot (copy)" },{ "id" : "040-002277498", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/30: Letter from Charles Arbuthnot to Melvill" },{ "id" : "040-002277499", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/31: Letter from the Earl of Ripon Dated as: 23 Jul 1845?" },{ "id" : "040-002277500", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/32: Letter from Clare to Melvill" },{ "id" : "040-002277501", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/33: Letter from the Earl of Delawarr" },{ "id" : "040-002277502", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/34: Letter from Sir Robert Inglis to Melvill" },{ "id" : "040-002277503", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/35: Letter from Daniel Wilson, bishop of Calcutta" },{ "id" : "040-002277504", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/36: Letter from Viscount Gough to Melvill" },{ "id" : "040-002277505", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/37: Letter from Viscount Hardinge to Melvill" },{ "id" : "040-002277506", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/38: Letter from the Earl of Ellenborough to the Chairman of the East India Company" },{ "id" : "040-002277507", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/39: Letter from the Marquis of Dalhousie to H. St. George Tucker" },{ "id" : "040-002277508", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/40: Letter from George Davis, bishop of Peterborough" },{ "id" : "040-002277509", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/41: Letter from Viscount Hardinge to Sir J. C. Melvill?" },{ "id" : "040-002277510", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/42: Letter from the Marquis of Dalhousie to Melvill" },{ "id" : "040-002277511", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/43: Letter from John Bird Summer, Archbishop of Canterbury, to Rev. H. Melvill (copy)" },{ "id" : "040-002277512", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/44: Letter from Sir James Graham to Melvill" },{ "id" : "040-002277513", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/45: Letter from Baron Fitzgerald and Veasy Monday?" },{ "id" : "040-002277514", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/46: Letter from Sir Charles Napier to Hammersely?" },{ "id" : "040-002277515", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/47: Letter from Sir Charles Napier to Melvill" },{ "id" : "040-002277516", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/48: Letter from Sir Harry G. Smith to Melvill Dated as: 5 May?" },{ "id" : "040-002277517", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/49: Letter from the Marquis of Lansdowne to the Chairman of the East India Company [watermark 1836] Dated as: ??" },{ "id" : "040-002277518", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/50: Letter from the Marquis of Dalhousie to Melvill" },{ "id" : "040-002277519", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/51: Letter from the Marquis of Dalhousie to Sir J. C. Melvill (copy)" },{ "id" : "040-002277520", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/52: Letter from Sir William Gomm to J. C. Melvill" },{ "id" : "040-002277521", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/53: Letter from George Clerk to Melvill Dated as: [c. Jan 1858]" },{ "id" : "040-002277522", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/54: Letter from Melvill to Sir George Clerk" },{ "id" : "040-002277523", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/55: Letter from the 2nd Marquis of Salisbury to 'John L. Stanley'" },{ "id" : "040-002277524", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/56: Letter from Sir Charles Wood [Viscount Halifax] to J. C. Melvill" },{ "id" : "040-002277525", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/57: Letter from M[elvill] to Lord Lord Stanley (copy)" },{ "id" : "040-002277526", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/58: Letter from James Wilson to J. C. Melvill" },{ "id" : "040-002277527", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/59: Letter from Sir Charles Wood to J. C. Melvill" },{ "id" : "040-002277528", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/60: Letter from Gholam Mohumed to J. C. Melvill?" },{ "id" : "040-002277529", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/61: Letter from Sir Charles Wood to J. C. Melvill" },{ "id" : "040-002277530", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/62: Letter from Sir Charles Phipps to J. C. Melvill" },{ "id" : "040-002277531", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/63: Letter from Sir John Lawrence to J. C. Melvill" },{ "id" : "040-002277532", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/64: Letter from Sir John Lawrence to J. C. Melvill" },{ "id" : "040-002277533", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/65: Letter from Gholam Mohumed to J. C. Melvill" },{ "id" : "040-002277534", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/66: Letter from Sir J. F. W. Herschel to 'My dear Madam'" },{ "id" : "040-002277535", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/67: Letter from Sir J. F. W. Herschel to J. C. Melvill" },{ "id" : "040-002277536", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/68: Letter from Lord Wodehouse to J. C. Melvill" },{ "id" : "040-002277537", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/69: Letter from Sir J. F. W. Herschel to [J. C. Melvill?]" },{ "id" : "040-002277538", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/70: Letter from Sir Stafford Northcote to J. C. Melvill" },{ "id" : "040-002277539", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/71: Letter from Baron Northbrook to J. C. Melvill" },{ "id" : "040-002277540", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/72: Letter from Sir Stafford Northcote to 'Stanley'" },{ "id" : "040-002277541", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/73: Letter from Sir J. F. W. Herschel to J. C. Melvill" },{ "id" : "040-002277542", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/74: Letter from Sir Stafford Northcote to 'Sir Henry'" },{ "id" : "040-002277543", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/75: Letter from Sir Stafford Northcote to J. C. Melvill" },{ "id" : "040-002277544", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/76: Letter from Sir John W. Kaye to J. C. Melvill" },{ "id" : "040-002277545", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/77: Letter from L. E. H [ardcastle] to 'My dearest Emma' Dated as: 15 Sep?" },{ "id" : "040-002277546", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/78: Letter from Sir George Clerk to Melvill Dated as: 28??" },{ "id" : "040-002277547", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/79: Letter from Sir George Clerk to Melvill Dated as: 25 Dec?" },{ "id" : "040-002277548", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/80: Portrait of H. St. George Tucker containing scroll dated 1836" },{ "id" : "040-002277549", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/81: J. W. Hayes pinx'" },{ "id" : "040-002277550", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/82: J. Brown sculp'" },{ "id" : "040-002277551", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/83: Letter from Sir H. Bartle Frere to Melvill Dated as: 15 Dec?" },{ "id" : "040-002277552", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/84: Letter from Viscount Halifax [formerly Sir Charles Wood] to Lord Lissey? Dated as: after 1866" },{ "id" : "040-002277553", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/85: Letter from C. to Melvill Dated as: ??" },{ "id" : "040-002277554", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/86: Letter from [Sir] James Fergus[s] on to Melvill Thursday 5 p.m." },{ "id" : "040-002277555", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/87: Letter from [Sir] James Fergus[s] on to Melvill Dated as: 16 Apr?" },{ "id" : "040-002277556", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/88: Letter from the Duke of Argyll to Merivale" },{ "id" : "040-002277557", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/89: Letter from Sir John Lawrence to J. C. Melvill" },{ "id" : "040-002277558", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/90: Letter from the Duke of Argyll to J. C. Melvill" },{ "id" : "040-002277559", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/91: Letter from the Duke of Argyll to James [or Sir James]" },{ "id" : "040-002277560", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/92: Letter from Sir John W. Kaye to J. C. Melvill" },{ "id" : "040-002277561", "parent" : "032-002277468", "text" : "Mss Eur B137/93: Letter from the Earl of Northbrook to Onless" }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002277468
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- Mss Eur B137/1 : Letter from George III [Commission as Ensign from the Prince Regent] to Sir J. C. Melvill?
Mss Eur B137/2 : Letter from E. C. Melvill to Sir J. C. Melvill?
Mss Eur B137/3 : Letter from Sir John Hobhouse
Mss Eur B137/4 : Letter from Sir Frederick Adam to Peter Auber
Mss Eur B137/5 : Letter from Lord Glenelg to Melvill
Mss Eur B137/6 : Letter from the Earl of Auckland to Sir J. C. Melvill?
Mss Eur B137/7 : Letter from the Earl of Auckland to Sir J. C. Melvill?
Mss Eur B137/8 : Letter from the Earl of Auckland to Sir J. C. Melvill?
Mss Eur B137/9 : Letter from Maitland to Sir J. C. Melvill?
Mss Eur B137/10 : Letter from the 13th Baron Elphinstone
Mss Eur B137/11 : Letter from the Earl of Clarendon
Mss Eur B137/12 : Letter from M [elvill] (copy) to the Duke [of Wellington]
Mss Eur B137/13 : Letter from Charles Arbuthnot to Melvill
Mss Eur B137/14 : Letter from Charles Arbuthnot to Melvill
Mss Eur B137/15 : Letter from Charles Arbuthnot to Melvill
Mss Eur B137/16 : Letter from Sir John Yarde Buller to Lyall
Mss Eur B137/17 : Letter from the Earl of Ellenborough to the Chairman of the East India Company
Mss Eur B137/18 : Letter from the Earl of Ellenborough to J. C. Melvill?
Mss Eur B137/19 : Letter from Charles Arbuthnot to Melvill
Mss Eur B137/20 : Letter from Charles Arbuthnot to Melvill
Mss Eur B137/21 : Letter from Melvill to Charles Arbuthnot (copy)
Mss Eur B137/22 : Letter from Charles Arbuthnot to Melvill
Mss Eur B137/23 : Letter from Melvill to Charles Arbuthnot (copy)
Mss Eur B137/24 : Letter from Charles Arbuthnot to Melvill
Mss Eur B137/25 : Letter from Charles Arbuthnot to Melvill
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1835
- End Date:
- 1884
- Date Range:
- 1835-1884
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased, 09 June 1956
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Arbuthnot, Charles, diplomat and politician, 1767-1850
Campbell, George Douglas, 8th Duke of Argyll, statesman, 1823-1900
East India Company, 1600-1858
Eden, George, 1st Earl of Auckland, Governor-General of India and politician, 1784-1849,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000027192314,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/54898570
Herschel, John Frederick William, 1st Baronet, mathematician and astronomer, 1792-1871
India Office, 1858-1947
Law, Edward, 1st Earl of Ellenborough, politician and Governor-General of India, 1790-1871,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/15142030
Lawrence, John Laird Mair, 1st Baronet Lawrence, 1811-1879
Melvill, James Cosmo, Creator of Mss Eur B137
Melvill, James Cosmo, Knight, colonial administrator, 1792-1861
Northcote, Stafford Henry, 8th Baronet, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh, politician, 1818-1887
Ramsay, James Andrew, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie, statesman and colonial administrator, 1812-1860
Wellesley, Arthur, 1st Duke of Wellington, army officer and statesman, 1769-1852
Wood, Charles, 1st Viscount Halifax, statesman, 1800-1885 - Places:
- India, Asia