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IOR/H/456e
- Record Id:
- 040-000004526
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000004036
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000222.0x000104
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/H/456e
- Title:
- Letter book of John Bruce, historiographer to the East India Company.
- Scope & Content:
- (1) pp. 1-372, Bruce's Letter Book, Chiefly concerned with his Historical researches, including-- (2) Letters from Bruce to, pp. 1-3, 74-7, 113-4, 130-1, 150-3, Alexander Adamson 16th May 1793 to 28th April 1797; pp. 98-102, Henry Browne 24th Dec. 1794; pp. 248, 255-63, 309-10, 336-7, 356-7, James Cobb 13th May 1804 to 21st April 1817; pp. 29-30, Marquis Cornwallis 31st July 1793; pp. 31-2, William Devaynes 30th Oct. 1793; pp. 107-10, Major James Dickson 24th Dec. 1794; pp. 240-7, 263-4, 282, 305, 338-48, the Court of Directors 8th April 1803 to 7th April 1817; pp. 39-41, 117-9, 120, 127-9, 147-9, 159-62, 238-9, Jonathan Duncan 20th April 1794 to 10th April 1803; pp. 137-9, Col. William Duncan 6th March 1797; pp. 27-8, 334-5, 354-5, 357-61, 366-7, Henry Dundas (Viscount Melville) 31st July 1793 to 5th July 1817; pp. 51-4, 55-70, 111-2, 121, 132-4, 154-8, Philip Dundas 27th May 1794 to 29th April 1797; pp. 142-4, Lieut. William Franklin 8th April 1797; pp. 15-6, Francis Gladwin 17th May 1793; p. 273, Henry Gore 26th Dec. 1806; p. 283, Charles Grant 7th Feb. 1809; pp. 33-4, 82-5, 135-6, Lord Hobart 13th Jan. 1794 to 16th June 1796; pp. 361-4, 370-1, Hugh Inglis 30th June to 8th Aug. 1817; pp. 17-9, Eyles Irwin 24th May 1793; pp. 9-10, 73-81, Sir William Jones 17th May 1793 to--1794; pp. 23-5, Lord Macartney 24th May 1793; p. 237, Charles Warre Malet 29th April 1803; pp. 103-6, 124-6, 145-7, Col. Sir John Murray 24th Dec. 1794 to 8th April 1797; pp. 13-4, 71-3, Sir Charles Oakeley 18th May 1793 to 28th Oct. 1794; pp. 71, 265-72, 294, 304-8, William Ramsay 28th Oct. 1794 to 19th Feb. 1812; pp. 333-4, Thomas Reid 1st April 1817; pp. 5-7, 86-92, 122-3, Sir John Shore 17th May 1793 to 16th June 1796; pp. 21-2, Sir George L. Staunton 24th May 1793; pp. 93-7, Robert Taylor 24th Dec. 1794; p. 372, Col. S. Toone 8th Aug. 1817; pp. 115-7, Lieut. J. Wilford (Bengal Engineers) 14th June 1796; p. 351, W. Wright 15th April 1817; pp. 35-8, 233-233(o), To persons not named. (3) Letters to J. Bruce from, pp. 165-7, 192, 202-5, 212-3, 225, 235-7, Alexander Adamson 10th Jan. 1794 to 6th Feb. 1799; p. 283, Secretary Canning (signed Charles Bagot) 7th Feb. 1809; pp. 248, 255-63, 295-6, 307, 309, 335-6, 349, 353-4, James Cobb 15th May 1804 to 17th April 1817; pp. 283, 348, Directors 3rd Sept. 1808 and 8th April 1817; pp. 195-6, 208, 220, Jonathan Duncan 7th Feb. 1795 to 10th Jan. 1797; pp. 178-80, 180-3, 214-7, Philip Dundas 11th Feb. 1795 to 17th Jan. 1796; p. 287, Robert Dundas (signed John Meheux) 19th April 1810; pp. 221-2, 229, W. Ewer 1st Feb. and 20th Nov. 1797; pp. 209-11, Lieut. William Franklin 20th Dec. 1795; pp. 274, 314, Henry Gore 14th Jan. 1807 to 12th Oct. 1814; pp. 349-50, 365-6, 368-70, Hugh Inglis 9th April to 9th July 1817; pp. 172-4, Eyles Irwin 15th Nov. 1794; pp. 171-2, Sir William Jones 1st March 1794; pp. 311-2, 315, Mr. Lloyd 14th Oct. 1814 to 22nd Jan. 1816; pp. 198-200, 218-9, Col. Sir John Murray 3rd Sept. 1795 to 30th Sept. 1796; pp. 163-4, 175, 184-6, Sir Charles Oakeley 29th Dec. 1793 to 2nd April 1795; pp. 311-3, R. Owen 27th Nov. 1813; pp. 307, 332-3, William Ramsay 17th Feb. 1812 to 31st March 1817; pp. 168-70, Sir John Shore 29th Oct. 1794; pp. 231-2, Robert Taylor 3rd April 1794; pp. 222-4, J. Tilsingh 18th and 22nd Nov. 1797; pp. 192-5, J. Wilford 8th Feb. 1795; pp. 350, 352, W. Wright 15th and 16th April 1817. (4) pp. 43-5, Col. Mark Wood to Jonathan Duncan 16th April 1794; pp. 47-9, Col. Mark Wood to Lieut. J. Wilford (Assistant Surveyor-General) 4th April 1794. (5) pp. 175-7, 237, Sir C. W. Malet to Sir Charles Oakeley 24th March 1794 and 29th April 1803. (6) pp. 186-8, 190-2, 205-7, 226-8, Capt. Charles Reynolds to Adamson 18th March 1795 to 8th Sept. 1796. (7) pp. 189-90, Alexander Adamson to Capt. Charles Reynolds 23rd March 1795. (8) pp. 197-8, Jonathan Duncan to Col. M. Wood 7th Feb. and 24th Sept. 1795. (9) pp. 278-82, Emperor of China to the King 21st Dec. 1805. (10) pp. 284-6, His Majesty to the King of Abyssinia 1809. (11) pp. 288-94, His Majesty to the Emperor of China. (12) pp. 296-304, President, Board of Control, to the Viceroy of Canton March 1811. (13) Robert Lemon, pp. 316-25, to Mr. Malbon 3rd April 1816; pp. 325-31, to Mr. Medley 8th April 1811.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000004036
040-000004526 - Is part of:
- IOR/H : Home Miscellaneous
IOR/H/456e : Letter book of John Bruce, historiographer to the East India Company. - Hierarchy:
- 032-000004036[0254]/040-000004526
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/H
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1793
- End Date:
- 1817
- Date Range:
- 1793-1817
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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