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IOR/H/277

Record Id:: 040-000004322
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:: 032-000004036
MDARK:: ark:/81055/vdc_100000000222.0x00003d
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Format:: ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/H/277
Title:: Tanjore.
Scope & Content:: (1) pp. 1-45, Statement of all Money Transactions between the Raja of Tanjore with both the Nawab of Arcot and the Company, from the Treaty of 1762, with an Introductory Statement of his engagements immediately prior to that Treaty, divested only of the Raja's Peshkash to the Nawab and their indeterminate Rights; pp. 47-9, Statement of the Raja's cession to the Company of the Port and District of Nagore; pp. 51-60, Raja of Tanjore's Pecuniary engagements with the Company; pp. 65-150, Appendix containing correspondence between the Court, Madras Council, and the Raja 1777-83. (2) pp. 153-71, Petition of Elizabeth Wood, widow of Col. John Wood, relative to the Raja of Tanjore's debts to her late husband, with other papers 1774-75. (3) pp. 175-95, Raja [of Tanjore] Sri Ram Pratap to George Stratton 12th Jan. 1777, Claims of the Nawab of Arcot on Tanjore. (4) pp. 197-321, Raja of Tanjore's Deposit in the Company's Treasury at Madras in 1776; pp. 429-39, Francis Russell's opinion on the Deposit 26th June 1788 (Original); pp. 441-3, John Call to Russell 29th June 1788 (Original); pp. 445-57, 501-30, Other papers on the subject. (5) pp. 325-420, Authentic Proceedings in the Court of Directors and General Court of Proprietors relative to Paul Benfield's claims upon the Tanjore country (Printed 1786). Benfield, a Company's Servant, claimed to have lent the Nawab of Arcot 20 lakhs of Pagodas or £800,000, and to have received security for payment in Tanjore; pp. 421-6, Notes on Benfield's case. (6) pp. 461-95, W. Ramsay (Secretary) to Hon. William Brodrick 29th Jan. 1796 (Original), with Report of Committee of Correspondence on Alexander Brodie's request to the Court for its decision as to the payment of Bonds granted by the Madras Government in liquidation of the Tanjore Debt, with Brodrick's approval. (7) pp. 497, 533-609, Papers relative to the claims of private creditors on the Raja of Tanjore, including, pp. 541-3, a Memorial from Glencairn Dalrymple, widow of Major-Gen. Stair Park Dalrymple.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Project / Collection:: India Office Records
Hierarchy Record Ids:: 032-000004036
036-000004315
040-000004322
Is part of:: IOR/H : Home Miscellaneous
IOR/H/271-284 : Tanjore

IOR/H/277 : Tanjore.
Hierarchy:: 032-000004036[0131]/036-000004315[0007]/040-000004322
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Record Type (Level):: File
Extent:: 1 volume
Digitised Content:
Languages:: English
Scripts:: Latin
Start Date:: 1774
End Date:: 1796
Date Range:: 1774-1796
Era:: CE
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