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IOR/L/PS/19

Record Id:: 036-000564191
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:: 036-000564191
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Format:: ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/PS/19
Title:: Political and Secret Department Miscellaneous Records
Scope & Content:: The series comprises sixty-five volumes of miscellaneous political reports, memoranda, etc, both manuscript and printed, dating mainly from the late 18th and early 19th century, most of which are duplicated elsewhere in the India Office Records or the India Office Library; and a further large quantity of variegated archival material relating to the Political and/or Secret Department which is currently being sorted and catalogued.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Project / Collection:: India Office Records
Hierarchy Tree:: [{ "id" : "036-000564191", "parent" : "#", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19: Political and Secret Department Miscellaneous Records" },{ "id" : "040-000564192", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/1: Report, by Mounstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay, on the territories acquired by cession and conquest from the Peshwa of Poona,…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564193", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/2: Copies of correspondence of Brigadier General Sir John Malcolm regarding his pursuit of the defeated Peshwa of Poona, Baji Rao, in…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564194", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/3: Persian and English copies of the peace treaty signed between Tipu Sultan, Ruler of Mysore, and the Allied Powers (ie the East India…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564195", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/4: Instructions from HM Treasury, dated 13 May 1760, to the following officials of the British Army in Germany, viz:-Frederick Halsey,…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564196", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/5: Letter from Colonel Joseph Smith, Madras Army, to the Court of Directors, defending his conduct in the First Mysore War (1767-69)…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564197", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/6: Letter from Brigadier General Joseph Smith to the Court of Directors expatiating on the necessity of strengthening the Company's…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564198", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/7: Correspondence (home and overseas) to and from the Committee of Secrecy, together with related papers, regarding French intrigues at…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564199", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/8: Miscellaneous Historical Memoranda" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564200", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/9: Letter from the Governor General of Bengal [Warren Hastings] and Council, to the Governor [Lord Macartney] and Select Committee at…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564201", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/10: Precis of East India Company records relating to the reign of Muhammad Ali Khan as Nawab of the Carnatic in 1763-84, his relations…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564202", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/11: Note on the progress of negotiations between the English and French Governments for the liquidation of an account for the maintenance…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564203", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/12: Precis of two volumes of papers concerning the relations between the Bengal Government and the Nawab Wazir of Oudh [Saadat Ali Khan]…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564204", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/13: Extracts relating to geographical subjects from Dr Francis Buchanan's Burma journal when a member of Captain Michael Symes's embassy…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564205", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/14: Memoir concerning Kichil Nuku, Sultan of Tidore (with references to the earlier history of Tidore and neighbouring islands, and to the…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564206", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/15: Precis of secret correspondence and proceedings relating to the Maratha War of 1803-05, Vol 1 - the Poona negotiations and the…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564207", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/16: Precis of secret correspondence and proceedings relating to the Maratha War of 1803-05, Vol 2 - events leading to the outbreak of the…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564208", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/17: Strictures by the Court of Directors on the conduct of Lord Wellesley as Governor General of India, 1798-1804 (extracts from official…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564209", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/18: Draft of a review of the primary causes of the Maratha War, 1803-05, with references to Secret Correspondence with India, and other…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564210", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/19: Reports, dated 29 Jul 1809 and 2 Sep 1809 by Lieut Colonel Thomas Gage Montresor, Commandant of the Hyderabad Subsidiary Force, on the…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564211", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/20: Minutes and correspondence of the Governor General [Lord Hastings] and Members of the Bengal Council regarding the political situation…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564212", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/21: Narrative of the origins and progress of the war against the Pindaris and Marathas in 1817/18 (includes lists of the troops engaged,…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564213", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/22: Brief narrative of the missions of Captain Nowell Monckton Coombs and Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles to Achin, of Raffles's foundation of…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564214", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/23: 'Operations in India with their results from 30 Apr 1814 to 1 Jan 1823' - account by Lord Hastings of the period of his administration…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564215", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/24: Lieutenant James Holland's journal of his route through Parkar and the Rajput States of Jaisalmer, Jodhpur etc. 8 Dec 1829-30 Mar 1830…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564216", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/25: Papers regarding the Sind Frontier, the navigation of the Indus, the Rajput States of Jaisalmer and Jodhpur etc. compiled chiefly from…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564217", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/26: Papers regarding the North West Frontier of India, Afghanistan and Central Asia, compiled by Edward Cockburn Ravenshaw, Lieutenant…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564218", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/27: Lieutenant Richard Wilcox's memoir of his survey of Assam and neighbouring countries in 1825-28, nd (enclosure to Bengal Secret Letter…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564219", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/28: John Crawfurd's narrative of his mission to Ava, 1 Sep 1826-25 Jan 1827, signed by Crawfurd, off Saugor [Island] 21 Feb 1827…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564220", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/29: Journal of Major Henry Burney as Resident at Ava, Vol 1 (reporting his arrival, and describing the King and his Court) 23 Apr-24 Jun…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564221", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/30: Journal of Major Henry Burney as Resident at Ava, Vol 2, 25 Jun-15 Dec 1830, dated, Ava, 15 Dec 1830 (enclosure to Bengal Secret…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564222", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/31: Journal of Major Henry Burney as Resident at Ava, Vol 3, 15 Dec 1830-4 Feb 1831, dated, Ava, 4 Feb 1831 (enclosure to Bengal Secret…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564223", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/32: Journal of Major Henry Burney as Resident at Ava, Vol 4, 4 Feb-9 Mar 1831, dated, Ava, 9 Mar 1831 (enclosure to Bengal Secret Letter…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564224", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/33: Journal of Major Henry Burney as Resident at Ava, Vol 5, 10 Mar-21 May 1831, dated, Ava, 21 May 1831, also journal of the Assistant…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564225", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/34: Journal of Major Henry Burney as Resident at Ava, Vol 6, 22 May-29 Aug 1831, dated, Ava, 28 Aug 1831, also copies of correspondence of…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564226", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/35: Journal of Major Henry Burney as Resident at Ava, Vol 7, 28 Aug 1831-14 Apr 1832, dated 14 Apr 1832 (enclosure to Bengal Secret Letter…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564227", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/36: Copy of Lieutenant Robert Boileau Pemberton's private journal of his journey from Manipur to Ava and from Ava to Arakan, 14 Jul 1830-1…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564228", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/37: Report by Captain Francis Jenkins and Lieutenant Robert Boileau Pemberton of their tour through Arakan from Kyaukpyu to Chittagong in…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564229", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/38: Captain Francis John Grant's contingency plan for an attack on Ava via Manipur, dated, Manipur, 18 Aug 1831 (enclosure to Bengal…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564230", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/39: Lieutenant Alexander Burnes's memoranda on the countries to the north west of the Bombay Presidency, also his plan to complete his…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564231", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/40: Lieutenant Alexander Burnes's 'Geographical and Military Memoir on the Indus, and its tributary rivers from the sea to Lahore, etc.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564232", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/41: Personal narrative and journal of a voyage along the Indus and Punjab rivers to Lahore, performed in 1831 by Lieutenant Alexander…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564233", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/41A: Lieutenant Alexander Burnes's 'Personal Narrative of a Voyage up the Indus to Lahore', dated, Simla, 23 Sep 1831 (enclosure to Bengal…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564234", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/41B: Lieutenant Alexander Burnes's 'Personal Narrative of a Voyage up the Indus to Lahore', dated, Simla, 23 Sep 1831 (enclosure to Bombay…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564235", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/42: Lieutenant Alexander Burnes's 'Travels into Bokhara' (1832-35), Part 1 (enclosure to Bengal Secret Letter of 6 Jun 1833)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564236", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/43: Lieutenant Alexander Burnes's 'Travels into Bokhara' (1832-35), Part 2 (enclosure to Bengal Secret Letter of 6 Jun 1833)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564237", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/44: Lieutenant Alexander Burnes's 'Report on the Countries between India and Russia', Book 1 - Political Report, dated, Calcutta, 5 May…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564238", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/45: Lieutenant Alexander Burnes's 'Report on the Countries between India and Russia', Book 2 - On the Commerce of Central Asia [May 1833]…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564239", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/46: Lieutenant Alexander Burnes's Report on the Countries between India and Russia', Book 3 - A Military Memoir on the Countries between…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564240", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/47: Lieutenant Alexander Burnes's 'Report on the Countries between India and Russia', Book 4 - General and Geographical Memoir [May 1833]…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564241", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/48: Lieutenant Alexander Burnes's 'Report on the Countries between India and Russia', Book 4 - General and Geographical Memoir [May 1833]…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564242", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/49: Notes on the Chiefs and Leading Families of the Bombay Presidency (the arrangement which is alphabetical, comprises an historical note…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564243", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/50: Letters from James Fraser to the Right Honourable Charles Grant, President of the Board of Control (the letters are written mainly…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564244", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/51: Manuscript copy of 'Geographical Memoir to accompany Papers respecting Afghanistan and Persia, printed by order of the House of…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564245", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/52: General report on the administration of the Punjab for the years 1849-50 and 1850-51, Part 1, printed and published, London, 1854…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564246", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/53: Printed list and copies of treaties and sanads concluded by the East India Company with the Native Princes of India, 1757-1809, with…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564247", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/54: English and vernacular versions of treaties between the East India Company and the South Indian Princes, 1768-1809, viz: the Nizam of…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564248", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/55: Copies of treaties concluded by the East India Company / Great Britain with Indian Princely States / Foreign Powers, 1761-1840…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564249", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/56: Copies of correspondence regarding Captain Michael Symes's embassy to Ava in 1795, and Captain Hiram Cox's embassy to Rangoon and Ava…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564250", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/57: Copies of correspondence regarding Colonel Michael Symes's second embassy to Ava in 1802-03, with list of contents (Vol 2), Mar…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564251", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/58: Further papers regarding Lieut Colonel Michael Symes's second embassy to Ava - correspondence with the Viceroy of Pegu etc. (Vol 3),…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564252", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/59: Miscellaneous Reports and Memoranda" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564253", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/60: Memorandum regarding the British Mission in Persia, 1798-1839, 1858" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564254", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/61: Miscellaneous correspondence regarding the recall of Lord Ellenborough as Governor General in 1844, 29 Mar 1844-12 Mar 1845 (with list…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564255", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/62: Report on the contents of the Secret, Political and Foreign Letters from the Indian Governments to the Court of Directors in the…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000564256", "parent" : "036-000564191", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/19/63: Manuscripts explanatory of the territorial arrangements in India, 1757-1818, showing how the East India Company acquired its…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
Hierarchy Record Ids:: 032-000538283
036-000564191
Is part of:: IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records

IOR/L/PS/19 : Political and Secret Department Miscellaneous Records
Contains:: IOR/L/PS/19/1 : Report, by Mounstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay, on the territories acquired by cession and conquest from the Peshwa of…
IOR/L/PS/19/2 : Copies of correspondence of Brigadier General Sir John Malcolm regarding his pursuit of the defeated Peshwa of Poona, Baji Rao,…
IOR/L/PS/19/3 : Persian and English copies of the peace treaty signed between Tipu Sultan, Ruler of Mysore, and the Allied Powers (ie the East…
IOR/L/PS/19/4 : Instructions from HM Treasury, dated 13 May 1760, to the following officials of the British Army in Germany, viz:-Frederick…
IOR/L/PS/19/5 : Letter from Colonel Joseph Smith, Madras Army, to the Court of Directors, defending his conduct in the First Mysore War…
IOR/L/PS/19/6 : Letter from Brigadier General Joseph Smith to the Court of Directors expatiating on the necessity of strengthening the…
IOR/L/PS/19/7 : Correspondence (home and overseas) to and from the Committee of Secrecy, together with related papers, regarding French intrigues…
IOR/L/PS/19/8 : Miscellaneous Historical Memoranda
IOR/L/PS/19/9 : Letter from the Governor General of Bengal [Warren Hastings] and Council, to the Governor [Lord Macartney] and Select Committee…
IOR/L/PS/19/10 : Precis of East India Company records relating to the reign of Muhammad Ali Khan as Nawab of the Carnatic in 1763-84, his…
IOR/L/PS/19/11 : Note on the progress of negotiations between the English and French Governments for the liquidation of an account for the…
IOR/L/PS/19/12 : Precis of two volumes of papers concerning the relations between the Bengal Government and the Nawab Wazir of Oudh [Saadat Ali…
IOR/L/PS/19/13 : Extracts relating to geographical subjects from Dr Francis Buchanan's Burma journal when a member of Captain Michael Symes's…
IOR/L/PS/19/14 : Memoir concerning Kichil Nuku, Sultan of Tidore (with references to the earlier history of Tidore and neighbouring islands, and to…
IOR/L/PS/19/15 : Precis of secret correspondence and proceedings relating to the Maratha War of 1803-05, Vol 1 - the Poona negotiations and…
IOR/L/PS/19/16 : Precis of secret correspondence and proceedings relating to the Maratha War of 1803-05, Vol 2 - events leading to the outbreak of…
IOR/L/PS/19/17 : Strictures by the Court of Directors on the conduct of Lord Wellesley as Governor General of India, 1798-1804 (extracts from…
IOR/L/PS/19/18 : Draft of a review of the primary causes of the Maratha War, 1803-05, with references to Secret Correspondence with India, and…
IOR/L/PS/19/19 : Reports, dated 29 Jul 1809 and 2 Sep 1809 by Lieut Colonel Thomas Gage Montresor, Commandant of the Hyderabad Subsidiary Force, on…
IOR/L/PS/19/20 : Minutes and correspondence of the Governor General [Lord Hastings] and Members of the Bengal Council regarding the political…
IOR/L/PS/19/21 : Narrative of the origins and progress of the war against the Pindaris and Marathas in 1817/18 (includes lists of the troops…
IOR/L/PS/19/22 : Brief narrative of the missions of Captain Nowell Monckton Coombs and Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles to Achin, of Raffles's…
IOR/L/PS/19/23 : 'Operations in India with their results from 30 Apr 1814 to 1 Jan 1823' - account by Lord Hastings of the period of his…
IOR/L/PS/19/24 : Lieutenant James Holland's journal of his route through Parkar and the Rajput States of Jaisalmer, Jodhpur etc. 8 Dec 1829-30 Mar…
IOR/L/PS/19/25 : Papers regarding the Sind Frontier, the navigation of the Indus, the Rajput States of Jaisalmer and Jodhpur etc. compiled chiefly…
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Record Type (Level):: Series
Extent:: 65 boxes, over 100 volumes or files
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Languages:: English
Scripts:: Latin
Start Date:: 1745
End Date:: 1947
Date Range:: c 1750-1947
Era:: CE
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