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IOR/H/246
- Record Id:
- 040-000004288
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000004036
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000222.0x00001e
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/H/246
- Title:
- Second Mysore War.
- Scope & Content:
- (1) pp. 1, 139, 327, 399, 417, 441, 457, 483, 511, Lists of Packets. (2) pp. 5-24, Lord Macartney to Chairman and Deputy Chairman 31st July 1781, Invasion and devastation of the Carnatic by Hyder Ali, Friendly relations with Admiral Hughes and Eyre Coote, Need of Cavalry to oppose Hyder, Army pay in arrears and danger of Mutiny, Large supplies of money, &c., from Bengal, Combination of native Princes against and native distrust of the English, Nawab of Arcot's reluctance to give pecuniary assistance and Necessity of raising loans from private individuals, Dutch assist Hyder, Reduction of Pulicat. Bengal Government's Negotiations with the Marathas, Possibility of Peace with Hyder, State of Finances; with, pp. 27-136, Relevant Papers, including Correspondence with Coote, Admiral Hughes, Bengal Council and Hyder Ali. (3) pp. 143-63 Do. do. 28th Sept. 1781, Supplies from Bengal and the Northern Circars, Nizam's promise of fidelity to the English, Hollond (the Resident)'s opinion of his intentions and the difficulty of concluding satisfactory terms, Governor-General engages cavalry in Berar, Value of the Circars, Bengal's unwise proposal to cede them to the Zamindars, Nawab of Arcot's intrigues for independence and extension of his possessions, Assignment of the Carnatic Revenues, Interference by Bengal with Bombay and Madras Governments, Unfortunate interference of Bengal in the affairs of the Nawab of Arcot, with, pp. 167-324, Correspondence on the above subjects between the Nawab of Arcot, Eyre Coote, Warren Hastings and Bengal Council, Samuel Johnson (Member of Madras Select Committee), Lord Macartney, George Ram, Anthony Sadleir, Charles Smith and Madras Select Committee, R. J. Sulivan and Morgan Williams. (4) pp. 331-40, Do. do. 30th Sept. 1781, Efforts to secure Peace; pp. 347-9, Joint letter to the Marathas signed by Lord Macartney, Admiral Hughes, Sir Eyre Coote and John Macpherson 11th Sept. 1781, Wasteful expenditure in the Army, Rebellion of Chet Singh of Benares, Eyre Coote's successes, with pp. 351-2, Do. do. to Bombay 10th Sept. 1781; p. 355, Eyre Coote to Goddard 11th Sept. 1781; pp. 359-61. Joint letter to Governor-General 11th Sept. 1781; pp. 363-84, Hastings to Wheler 16th Aug. 1781; pp. 387-9, Major Isaac Eaton to Wheler 2nd Sept. 1781. (5) pp. 391-3, Do. do. 10th Oct. 1781, Want of supplies and money. (6) pp. 395-6, Do. do. 12th Oct. 1781, Anthony Sadleir's seat in Council. (7) pp. 403-10, Do., do. 29th Oct. 1781, Arrangement of the Nawab of Arcot's Finances, Proposed attack on Negapatam and Trincomalee, with, pp. 411-4, Proposals from Paul Benfield, &c., 6th Oct. 1781, for the collection of the Assigned Revenues. (8) pp. 421-3, Do. do. 30th Oct. 1781, Private affairs and debts of the Nawab of Arcot and Raja of Tanjore, with, pp. 425-37, Relevant Papers. (9) pp. 445, 449-54, Do. do. 31st Oct. 1781, forwarding letters from Bengal. (10) pp. 461, 465-74, Do. do. 31st Oct. 1781, with letters from the Nawab of Arcot's creditors to the Nawab and to Lord Macartney. (11) pp. 475-82, Do. do. 26th Nov. 1781, Attack on Negapatam despite Eyre Coote's disapproval, Indecisive nature of war with Hyder Ali, Eyre Coote's ill-health, Waste in the Army, with, pp. 487-503, Correspondence beween Eyre Coote and Lord Macartney. (12) p. 507, Hector Munro to Committee of Correspondence, Madras, 26th Jan. 1782, Recommendation of Col. Crawford of the 73rd Regiment. (13) pp. 515-9, Lord Macartney to the Chairman and Deputy Chairman 15th Dec. 1781, Collection of the Assigned Revenues, with, pp. 523-30, Relevant Papers, including the Nawab's Assignment 2nd Dec. 1781. (14) pp. 533-4, Do do. 16th Dec. 1781, Reform of abuses amongst the Company's Servants, with, pp. 537-41, letter to the Nawab of Arcot as to recipients of his presents. (15) p. 545, Do. do. 1st Jan. 1782, sending an account of George Gray's Embassy to Hyder Ali. (Not in this volume, but see H/250 (1).) (16) p. 549, Do. do. 12th Jan. 1782, sending correspondence with Eyre Coote. (17) p. 553, Do. do. 1st Jan. 1782, Is forced to raise money by drawing Bills on the Company. (18) p. 557, Do., do. 20th Jan. 1782, sending a Narrative of the War (missing, see H/247 (5).) (19) pp. 561-6, Do., do. 26th Jan. 1782, Good effect of the Joint Letter (see (3) above) on the Marathas, Nizam's attitude still uncertain, Difficulties of cattle supply for Eyre Coote's Army, Benfield's misbehaviour when appointed Contractor.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000004036
040-000004288 - Is part of:
- IOR/H : Home Miscellaneous
IOR/H/246 : Second Mysore War. - Hierarchy:
- 032-000004036[0127]/040-000004288
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/H
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1781
- End Date:
- 1782
- Date Range:
- 1781-1782
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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