Mss Eur F18/I

This is a composite volume including:

Correspondence (1839-79) of Edward Backhouse Eastwick (1814-83), Bombay Army 1836-42, Professor of Hindustani, Haileybury 1845-58 on 1st Afghan War and relations with neighbouring states. Was J731

Copy of a letter, dated 21 Feb 1799, from the Registrar of the Court of Nizamat Adalat to the Judges of the Court of Circuit, Patna Division, giving instructions for the further examination of witnesses in a Gaya murder case. Was J786.

Copy of testimonial, dated 6 March 1804, to the services of Siddhoji Rao Nimbalkar 1803-04, a Maratha chief serving with the British, signed by Maj-Gen Arthur Wellesley. Was J806.

Letter from Capt James Ludovic Grant (b c1765), East India Company maritime service, describing the capture of his ship `Brunswick' by a French man-of-war `Marengo'. Was J807.

Letter from Arnold Langley to James Brooke concerning a memorial which his son Capt Edward Archer Langley, Madras Cavalry 1820-37 (discharged), was submitting to the Court of Directors. Was J830.

Letter from Thomas George Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook (1826-1904), Viceroy of India 1872-76, to F H Skrine, suggesting minor alterations to proofs of the latter's `Life of Sir William Wilson Hunter' (London 1901), including a reference to Sir George Campbell's resignation as Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal in 1874. Was J842.

Letter, dated 3 Oct 1777, from Warren Hastings (1732-1818), Governor of Bengal 1772-74 and Governor-General 1774-85, on the question of his resignation, to the Prime Minister Lord North. Was K109.

Letter from James Stewart [sic] possibly Brig-Gen (later Maj-Gen) James Stuart (d 1793), C-in-C, Madras 1776-77 and 1781-83, to an unnamed correspondent concerning the recovery of a payment he had made for Lt Taylor's son. Was K110.

Letter from Dr Patrick Russell (1727-1805), Physician to English Factory at Aleppo 1753-71, Madras Medical Service and botanist in the Carnatic to the East India Company 1785-89, concerning his proposal for a natural history survey. Was K119

French translations of four letters exchanged between Tipu Sultan, the King of France, and their subordinates. Was K135.

Letters from William Roxburgh (1751-1815), Madras Medical Service 1776, in charge of Botanic Garden, Samalkot and East India Company's botanist in the Carnatic 1781-93, Superintendent of the Botanic Gardens, Calcutta 1793-1813. Was K148.

Five letters exchanged by Sir Charles Wilkins (c1749-1836), oriental scholar, East India Company servant, Bengal 1770-86, Librarian of the East India Company Library 1801-36, with William Marsden, Warren Hastings, and Frances Lady Chambers, on various matters. Was K178.

Copy of an official letter from John Herbert Harington (1764-1828), East India Company servant, Bengal 1780-1828, written as Register of the Nizamat Adalat to the Judges of the Court of Circuit, Patna Division, relating to a murder trial. Was K181.

Letters received by David Scott (1746-1805), MP, East India Company Director 1788-1802, Chairman 1796 and 1801; from Charles Grant (1746-1823), East India Company Director 1794-1823, and the Earl of Dartmouth, President of the Board of Control 1801-02, on East India Company affairs including patronage, shipping questions, private trade, military and financial questions, and the College at Calcutta. Was K191.

Five letters received by Josiah Webbe (1768-1804), Madras Civil Service 1783-1804, Secretary to Madras Government 1797-1803, from Maj (later Maj-Gen Sir) Thomas Munro, 1st Bart (1761- 1827), Madras Army 1780, in charge of Ceded Districts 1800-07, and Lt-Col (later Maj-Gen Sir) Barry Close, Bart (d 1813), Madras Army 1773, Resident at Poona 1801-11, relating to various matters. Was K200

Miscellaneous letters and papers of Lt-Col John Francis D'Evereux Williams Hall, Bengal Army 1836-69, relating to military operations in 1843 and during the mutiny 1857-58. Was K498.