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IOR/H/165
- Record Id:
- 040-000004204
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000004036
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000171.0x0003d6
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/H/165
- Title:
- East Indies Series 73.
- Scope & Content:
- (1) pp. 1,387, Lists of Papers sent to Sir Edward Hughes by Lords Rochford and Weymouth; p. 287, List of Papers sent home by Hughes; p. 433, List of Papers in Packet sent by William Petrie. (2) Instructions. pp. 3-7, To Sir Edward Hughes 4th Nov. 1773; pp. 409-12, To Sir Edward Vernon 26th Oct. 1776. (3) pp. 9-13, 17, 45-8. Letters from Lord Rochford to Sir Edward Hughes 6th Nov. 1773 to 30th March 1774. (4) p. 21, Sir Edward Hughes to Sir Stainer Porten 10th Nov. 1773. (5) pp. 25-42, 51-7. 75-88, 103-9, 139-45, 151-73, 211-3, 221-33, 243-64, 371, 441-76, 521, 529-37, 549-51, 575-82, Sir Edward Hughes to Lord Rochford 19th Nov. 1773--3rd Feb. 1777. (6) pp. 59-68, Hughes' correspondence with the Governor-General, Presidencies of Bombay and Fort Marlborough and M. Chevalier 5th Aug. to 15th Sept. 1774. (7) pp. 71-2, 91, 147-8, 181, Governor-General and Bengal Council to Hughes 28th Nov. 1774 to 13th March 1775. (8) pp. 79-81, Nawab of Arcot to the King 4th Oct. 1774. (9) p. 95, Hughes to Governor-General and Supreme Council 21st Dec. 1774. (10) pp. 99-102, Hughes to Capt. George Farmer, of H.M.S. Seahorse 24th Dec. 1774. (11) p. 111, Capt. J. Alex. Panton to Hughes 8th Jan. 1775. (12) p. 115, Madras Council to Governor-General and Council 7th Dec. 1774, Affairs of the Northern Circars. (13) pp. 119-22, 127-35, Letters from R. H. Boddam, Chief at Tellicherry, to Alexander Wynch, Governor of Madras 31st Dec. 1774 to 15th Jan. 1775. (14) pp. 123-4, William Hornby, Governor of Bombay, to Alexander Wynch 5th Jan. 1775. (15) pp. 177-9. William Hornby to Hughes 21st May 1775. (16) pp. 185-90, Bombay Council to Governor-General and Bengal Council 31st Sept. 1774. (17) pp. 193-8, Robert Henshaw to Hornby 19th June 1775, (18) pp. 201-5, Additional Narrative of the Nawab of Arcot. (19) pp. 207-8, Treaty with Asaf-ud-daula. (20) pp. 215, 477-80, Nawab of Arcot to Hughes and Col. Thornton 11th Oct. 1775 and 3rd June 1776. (21) pp. 217-8, Wynch and Madras Council to Hughes 10th Oct. 1775. (22) pp. 235-7, Impey to Hughes 16th Sept. 1775, Original. (23) pp. 239-42, Clavering to Hughes 24th Sept. 1775, Original. (24) p. 267, Raghunath Rao to Hughes; pp. 269-70, Hughes to Raghunath Rao 26th Feb. 1776. (25) pp. 271-7, 375-6, Extracts from Treaty of Purandhar 1st March 1776. (26) pp. 279-80, French projects for establishing themselves in the islands in the Bay of Bengal 1774. (27) pp. 283-4, Capt. George Farmer to Hughes 19th Dec. 1775, Portuguese force at Goa. (28) pp. 291-368, Papers relative to the loss of Balambangan. (29) p. 379, C. Stephens to Sir Stanier Porten 19th Oct. 1776, Sir Edward Vernon to relieve Hughes. (30) p. 383, Lord Weymouth to Admiralty 23rd Oct. 1776, Vernon to communicate with Secretary of State for the Southern Department. (31) pp. 391-3, 419, Lord Weymouth to Hughes 26th Oct. and 4th Nov. 1776. (32) pp. 395-402, 423-6, King and Lord Weymouth to Nawab of Arcot 26th Oct. 1776. (33) pp. 405-7, 415, 429, 545-6, Lord Weymouth to Vernon 26th Oct. 1776 to 11th June 1777. (34) pp. 437-9, Nawab of Arcot to Governor of Madras 14th Feb. 1775. (35) pp. 481-3, Nawab of Arcot to Lord Pigot 26th May 1776. (36) pp. 485-6, 490, Hughes to Pigot and Madras Council 3rd June 1776. (37) pp. 487-8, Pigot and Madras Council to Hughes 3rd June 1776. (38) p. 489, Hughes to Nawab of Arcot 3rd June 1776. (39) pp. 493-510, Correspondence between Hughes and Madras Majority Council 31st Aug. to 7th Sept. 1776. (40) Intelligence. pp. 513-4, From Basalat Jang January 1776; pp. 515-8, From the Cape 10th April and 11th May 1776; pp. 518, 553, 557-8, 561, 563, 581-2, From Pondicherry 14th June, 1st Sept., 1st and 5th Oct. 1776, and 24th June 1777. (41) pp. 525-7, 573-5, Hughes' Accounts for disbursements on Intelligence. (42) p. 541, Lord Weymouth to Directors 11th June 1777. (43) pp. 565-6, Vernon to Lord Weymouth 2nd April 1777. (44) p. 569, Hughes to Lord Weymouth 31st July 1777. Sir Edward Hughes' despatches cover the royage out and his stay in India. They deal chiefly with Carnatic affairs and the deposition of Lord Pigot by the Majority of the Madras Council. A small number are holographs and most of the others bear his signature.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000004036
036-000004131
040-000004204 - Is part of:
- IOR/H : Home Miscellaneous
IOR/H/93-190 : East Indies Series
IOR/H/165 : East Indies Series 73. - Hierarchy:
- 032-000004036[0086]/036-000004131[0073]/040-000004204
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/H
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1773
- End Date:
- 1777
- Date Range:
- 1773-1777
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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