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Mss Eur F331
- Record Id:
- 032-002293736
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002293736
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000075.0x000364
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F331
- Title:
- Vansittart Collection: papers of George Vansittart (1745-1825), East India Company servant, Bengal 1762-76; factor (1767), junior merchant (1769), and Resident at Midnapore; second (1770) and Chief (1772) in Revenue Council at Patna; member of Council, Bengal 1773; member of Board of Trade, Bengal 1774-76.
- Scope & Content:
- Vansittart Collection: papers of George Vansittart (1745-1825), East India Company servant, Bengal 1762-76; factor (1767), junior merchant (1769), and Resident at Midnapore; second (1770) and Chief (1772) in Revenue Council at Patna; member of Council, Bengal 1773; member of Board of Trade, Bengal 1774-76.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002293736", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Mss Eur F331: Vansittart Collection: papers of George Vansittart (1745-1825), East India Company servant, Bengal 1762-76; factor (1767), junior…" },{ "id" : "036-002293737", "parent" : "032-002293736", "text" : "Mss Eur F331/1-9: Public letter books" },{ "id" : "040-002293738", "parent" : "036-002293737", "text" : "Mss Eur F331/1: Public letter book, Nos 2 and 3': letters from Midnapore, concerning district administration b68" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002293739", "parent" : "036-002293737", "text" : "Mss Eur F331/2: Public letter book, No 5': letters mainly from Dinajpur concerning district administration b69" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002293740", "parent" : "036-002293737", "text" : "Mss Eur F331/3: Public letter book, No 6': letters from Patna concerning district administration b70" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002293741", "parent" : "036-002293737", "text" : "Mss Eur F331/4: Public letter book, No 7': letters from Patna concerning district administration b71" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002293742", "parent" : "036-002293737", "text" : "Mss Eur F331/5: Military letters': letters from Patna concerning routine military matters b84" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002293743", "parent" : "036-002293737", "text" : "Mss Eur F331/6: Public letter book, No 9': letters from Patna concerning district administration to Feb 1773; then letters from Calcutta as member of…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002293744", "parent" : "036-002293737", "text" : "Mss Eur F331/7: Public letter book, No 10': letters from Calcutta as member of Bengal Council; also letters from Midnapore May-Jun 1774 and from…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002293745", "parent" : "036-002293737", "text" : "Mss Eur F331/8: Public letter book, No 11': letters mostly from Burdwan b74" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002293746", "parent" : "036-002293737", "text" : "Mss Eur F331/9: Public letter book, No 12': letters from Burdwan to Nov 1774; then letters from Calcutta as member of Board of Trade b75" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002293747", "parent" : "032-002293736", "text" : "Mss Eur F331/10-17: George Vansittart, East India Company servant, Bengal: papers relating to official business" },{ "id" : "040-002293748", "parent" : "036-002293747", "text" : "Mss Eur F331/10: Public miscellaneous papers, No 1': including financial accounts for Bihar; copy of letter from Joseph Jekyll, George Vansittart and…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002293749", "parent" : "036-002293747", "text" : "Mss Eur F331/11: Public miscellaneous papers, No 2': including copy of Vansittart's minute (3 Mar 1774) on Muhammad Reza Khan; financial accounts for…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002293750", "parent" : "036-002293747", "text" : "Mss Eur F331/12: Memorandums': rough notes on a variety of official business, and statistics b85" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002293751", "parent" : "036-002293747", "text" : "Mss Eur F331/13: Council memorandums': rough notes on a variety of official business, and statistics b80" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002293752", "parent" : "036-002293747", "text" : "Mss Eur F331/14: Board of Trade memorandums': rough notes on a variety of official business, and statistics; reversed: notes on Horace's Satires b81…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002293753", "parent" : "036-002293747", "text" : "Mss Eur F331/15: Abstract of General Letters from Bengal [to Court of Directors] b76" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002293754", "parent" : "036-002293747", "text" : "Mss Eur F331/16: Abstract of General Letters to Bengal [from Court of Directors] b77 Dated as: 24 Nov 1772-Apr 1773" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002293755", "parent" : "036-002293747", "text" : "Mss Eur F331/17: Indian Journal': brief record conversations and meetings, begun 'because Mr Fowke mentioned to me today at Sir Elijah Impey's that he…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002293756", "parent" : "032-002293736", "text" : "Mss Eur F331/18-22: George Vansittart, East India Company servant, Bengal: personal letter books" },{ "id" : "040-002293757", "parent" : "036-002293756", "text" : "Mss Eur F331/18: Letters to England': personal and business affairs, comments on events in India; including letters to Philip Affleck, Lord Clive, Sir…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002293758", "parent" : "036-002293756", "text" : "Mss Eur F331/19: Letters to Europe, No 2': personal and business affairs, comments on events in India; including letters to Roger Bochin, Bochin and…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002293759", "parent" : "036-002293756", "text" : "Mss Eur F331/20: Europe letter book': personal and business affairs, comments on events in India; including letters to John Graham, Robert Palk,…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002293760", "parent" : "036-002293756", "text" : "Mss Eur F331/21: Private letter book, No 1': comments on events in India, business affairs; including letters to Richard Barwell, Warren Hastings,…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002293761", "parent" : "036-002293756", "text" : "Mss Eur F331/22: Private letter book': comments on events in India, business affairs; including letters to Edward Baber, Richard Barwell, P M Dacres,…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002293762", "parent" : "032-002293736", "text" : "Mss Eur F331/23-26: George Vansittart, East India Company servant, Bengal: private trade letter books" },{ "id" : "040-002293763", "parent" : "036-002293762", "text" : "Mss Eur F331/23: Commercial letter book, No 2': private business affairs, including letters to James Alexander, Robert Alexander, General Sir Robert…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002293764", "parent" : "036-002293762", "text" : "Mss Eur F331/24: Commercial letter book, No 3:' private business affairs, including letters to Edward Baber, Richard Barwell, Capt Horton Briscoe,…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002293765", "parent" : "036-002293762", "text" : "Mss Eur F331/25: Commercial letter book, No 4': private business affairs, including letters to Lionel Darrell, John De Fries, Joseph Fowke, William…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002293766", "parent" : "036-002293762", "text" : "Mss Eur F331/26: Commercial letter book, No 5': private business affairs b95" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002293767", "parent" : "032-002293736", "text" : "Mss Eur F331/27-33: George Vansittart, East India Company servant, Bengal: private trade account books" },{ "id" : "040-002293768", "parent" : "036-002293767", "text" : "Mss Eur F331/27: Journal A and B, Fort William: Vansittart and Plowman b87" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002293769", "parent" : "036-002293767", "text" : "Mss Eur F331/28: Journal C, D, E and F, Midnapore: Vansittart and Pearce b89 Dated as: May 1769-May 1773; Nov 1775" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002293770", "parent" : "036-002293767", "text" : "Mss Eur F331/29: Journal A, Patna. Jekyll: Vansittart and Palk [junior] ; also sundry accounts b90 Dated as: Apr 1771-Apr 1773; Apr 1774-Apr 1775" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002293771", "parent" : "036-002293767", "text" : "Mss Eur F331/30: Ledger A and C: Vansittart and Plowman b88" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002293772", "parent" : "036-002293767", "text" : "Mss Eur F331/31: Ledger A: Jekyll, Vansittart and Palk b91" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002293773", "parent" : "036-002293767", "text" : "Mss Eur F331/32: Private Books', Journal A and B, Midnapore b98" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002293774", "parent" : "036-002293767", "text" : "Mss Eur F331/33: [Private Books?], Journal D, E, F, G, H b99" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002293775", "parent" : "032-002293736", "text" : "Mss Eur F331/34-36: George Vansittart, East India Company servant, Bengal 1761-76: travel journals" },{ "id" : "040-002293776", "parent" : "036-002293775", "text" : "Mss Eur F331/34: Journal of a march from Balasore to Sambalpur (note: possibly not by Vansittart): comments on the inhabitants, customs, produce, and…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002293777", "parent" : "036-002293775", "text" : "Mss Eur F331/35: Journal of a Circuit of the Midnapore and Jallesore Provinces': evidently the result of a tour of inspection giving sytematic…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002293778", "parent" : "036-002293775", "text" : "Mss Eur F331/36: Journals in and from India': survey of passes and western boundary of Bengal by Lt Thomas Carter 1767; brief notes on a number of…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002293779", "parent" : "032-002293736", "text" : "Mss Eur F331/37-44: George Vansittart, East India Company servant, Bengal 1761-76: miscellaneous papers" },{ "id" : "040-002293780", "parent" : "036-002293779", "text" : "Mss Eur F331/37: Copies of letters relating to salt trade in Midnapore b83" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002293781", "parent" : "036-002293779", "text" : "Mss Eur F331/38: Copies of documents in Persian: apparently relating to Government agreements with Indian contractors for the supply of salt b106" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002293782", "parent" : "036-002293779", "text" : "Mss Eur F331/39: Sundry Papers': 'Burra Dowry' accounts (c1773-75); list of bonds belonging to Vansittart (Apr 1775); another copy of No.37 b82" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002293783", "parent" : "036-002293779", "text" : "Mss Eur F331/40: Notes on oriental dating systems; extracts in Persian (referred to Persian section) b108 Dated as: no date" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002293784", "parent" : "036-002293779", "text" : "Mss Eur F331/41: Persian document (referred to Persian section) b109" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002293785", "parent" : "036-002293779", "text" : "Mss Eur F331/42: Memorandums': notes on various topics, mainly agriculture and estate management; accounts (particularly of the Fawley estate…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002293786", "parent" : "036-002293779", "text" : "Mss Eur F331/43: Two printed papers relating to the question of the East India Company's paying Warren Hastings's expenses arising from his…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002293787", "parent" : "036-002293779", "text" : "Mss Eur F331/44: Catalogue and Cost of Prints': lists by date of print (1743-57) giving painter, engraver, title of print, collection, and price b107…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002293736
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- Mss Eur F331/1-9 : Public letter books
Mss Eur F331/10-17 : George Vansittart, East India Company servant, Bengal: papers relating to official business
Mss Eur F331/18-22 : George Vansittart, East India Company servant, Bengal: personal letter books
Mss Eur F331/23-26 : George Vansittart, East India Company servant, Bengal: private trade letter books
Mss Eur F331/27-33 : George Vansittart, East India Company servant, Bengal: private trade account books
Mss Eur F331/34-36 : George Vansittart, East India Company servant, Bengal 1761-76: travel journals
Mss Eur F331/37-44 : George Vansittart, East India Company servant, Bengal 1761-76: miscellaneous papers
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 44 items
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1763
- End Date:
- 1824
- Date Range:
- 1763-1824
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased, 12 March 1997
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Affleck, Philip, Admiral, ? 1725-1799
Alexander, James, fl 1763-1824
Alexander, Robert, fl 1763-1824
Baber, Edward, Subject of Mss Eur F331
Barker, Robert, 1st Baronet, army officer in India and politician, c 1732-1789
Barwell, Richard, East India Company servant and politician, 1741-1804
Bisham Abbey, Berkshire
Bochin, Roger
Briscoe, Horton, Major-General
Call, John, 1st Baronet, politician and military engineer, 1732-1801
Carter, Thomas, Captain; Subject of Mss Eur F331
Clive, Robert, 1st Baronet Clive of Plassey, administrator and army officer, 1725-1774,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121174323
Dacres, Philip Milner, of the Council of Fort William, Calcutta, fl 1773-1781
Darell, Lionel, Subject of Mss Eur D691
De Fries, John
East India Company, 1600-1858
Ellis, James, Subject of Mss Eur Orme
Fletcher, Robert, army officer and politician, c 1738-1776
Fowke, Joseph, administrator in India and diamond merchant, 1716-1800
Fullarton, John, Major-General
Goodwin, Henry, correspondent of George Vansittart, fl Late 18th century
Graham, John, correspondent of George Vansittart, fl Late 18th century
Harper, Gabriel, Colonel
Harwood, William, Creator of Mss Eur D565
Hastings, Warren, governor-general of Bengal, 1732-1818
Haverkam, William
Higginson, Alexander, Subject of Mss Eur F331
Hollond, John, Subject of Mss Eur Photo Eur 099
Hollond, William
Jekyll, Joseph, Subject of Mss Eur F331
Justice, Administration of
Law, Ewan, Subject of Mss Eur F331
Motte, Thomas, Subject of Mss Eur F331
Muhammad Reza Khan
Palk, Robert, 1st Baronet
Palk, Robert, junior
Palmer, Harry
Pearce, John, Subject of Mss Eur F331
Plowman, Henry, Subject of Mss Eur F331
Price, Joseph, Captain; Subject of Mss Eur E282
Reid, Robert, Subject of Mss Eur F331
Russell, Claud, Creator of Mss Eur E276
Short, Charles, Subject of Mss Eur F331
Staples, Archibald, Subject of Mss Eur F331
Stone, John, Captain
Vansittart, Arthur, Subject of Mss Eur F331
Vansittart, Emilia
Vansittart, Family
Vansittart, George, Creator of 9697/53
Vansittart, Henry, 1732-1770 - Places:
- Bengal, India
Bihar, India
Bihār, India
Burdwan, Bengal
Dinajpur, Bengal
India, Asia
Midnapore, Bengal
Patna, India