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IOR/H/654
- Record Id:
- 040-000004749
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000004036
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000222.0x0001d4
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/H/654
- Title:
- The Nepal War, 1814-1816.
- Scope & Content:
- (1) pp. 1-541, Enclosures in Bengal Secret Letter 21st June 1815, relative to the Nepal War, chiefly the operations under Major Gen. Wood, including:-- (2) Major-Gen. John Sullivan Wood (Commanding a Division of the Field Army). pp. 1, 8-9, 23, 37, 53, 103, 111, 119, 131-2, 147, 171-2, 200, 213, 221-2, to Chief Secretary (John Monckton) 13th April to 28th May 1815; pp. 2-4, 8-13, 38-41, 54-5, 103-8, 113-16, 123-8, 132-4, 148-57, 172-8, 222-9, to Lieut.-Col. Fagan 12th April to 28th May 1815; pp. 14-9, 134-43, 230-8, Detachment Orders; 184-5, 238-9, Returns of Sick, &c., 15th April to 24th May 1815; pp. 24-9, to the Raja of Tulsipur; pp. 29-30, to Major J. Baillie 19th April 1815; pp. 111-2, 120-2, 200-4, 209, 214-5, to John Adam 1st to 23rd May 1815; pp. 163-7, to Lieut.-Col. J. Rotton (Commanding at Gorakhpur) 8th May 1815. (3) p. 24, J. Cunningham (A.D.C. to Major-Gen. Wood) to John Adam 19th April 1815. (4) pp. 25-6, 31-2, 41-50, 55-101, Arzis to Wood from Raja of Tulsipur and others, Depositions, &c. (5) pp. 157-63, G. Phillot, M.D. (First Surgeon) and John Allan (Assistant Surgeon) to Major-Gen. Wood 10th May 1815, Causes of Fever Epidemic amongst the Troops at Dhurwan. (6) pp. 178-82, 186-92, Lieut.-Col. Thomas Robertson (Field Engineer) to Capt. W. R. Hannay 10th and 12th May 1815. (7) pp. 192-4, G. Rankin (Superintending Surgeon) to Capt. W. R. Hannay 5th May 1815. (8) pp. 194-8, Capt. W. R. Hannay (Acting Major of Brigade) to Lieut.-Col. Robertson 7th May 1815. (9) pp. 207-8, J. W. Grant (Collector of Gorakhpur) to Major-Gen. Wood 12th May 1815. (10) Major P. Bradshaw (Political Agent in Nepal). pp. 215-6, to Major-Gen. Wood 25th April 1815; pp. 421-3, to Major J. Baillie 1st April 1815. (11) pp. 240-1, Major William Comyn (17th N.I.) to Major-Gen. Wood 28th May 1815, Offers to raise and drill the corps of Hillmen. (12) Capt. Richard Higgott (Commanding Division at Ramgarh). pp. 245-54, to John Adam 19th Feb. 1815, the Troops of Raja Gumshaw Sing; pp. 257-8, to John Monckton 5th March 1815; pp. 258-64, to Lieut.-Col. Fagan 3rd March 1815. (13) John Monckton (Acting Chief Secretary). pp. 269-77, 315-8 to Capt. B. Latter 28th Feb. and 25th March 1815; pp. 321-3, to Capt. Charles Stuart (Assistant Adjutant-General) 25th March 1815; pp. 325-35, 457-8, to John Adam 25th and 28th March 1815; pp. 475-7, 513-8, to William Moorcroft 7th March and 9th May 1815; pp. 509-10, to John Vaughan (Judge and Magistrate of Shahabad) 9th May 1815, Enquiries about the Raja of Bhojpur. (14) Capt. Barre Latter (Commanding on the North-East Frontier). pp. 281, 293, 303, 327-9, 343-4, 363-5, 371-6, to John Monckton 10th Feb. to 3rd May 1815; pp. 281-7, 293-7, 304-12, 344-50, 367, to John Adam 15th Feb. to 11th April 1815; pp. 287-9, 298-300, 351-9, Correspondence with the Raja of Sikkim; pp. 443-4, to Thomas Brooke 28th Feb. 1815. (15) C. T. Metcalfe (Resident at Delhi). pp. 379, 387, 395, to John Monckton 17th April to 21st May 1815; pp. 380-2, 388-91, 396-7, to John Adam 17th April to 21st May 1815. (16) Henry Russell (Resident at Hyderabad). p. 401, to John Monckton 29th Jan. 1815; p. 402, to John Adam 20th Jan. 1815. (17) Major John Baillie (Resident at Lucknow). pp. 405-6, 412-3, 420-1, 428-9, 433-4, 436, to John Adam 20th Feb. to 27th April 1815; pp. 406-7, to Col. Philip d'Auvergne 27th Feb. 1815; pp. 411, 419, 427-8, to N. B. Edmonstone (Vice-President of Council) 25th March to 27th April 1815; pp. 413-5, to Major-Gen. George Wood (Commanding near Bettiah) 25th March 1815; pp. 430-2, to Col. Littellus Burrel (Commanding at Chitapur) 27th April 1815; pp. 434-5, to the Nawab Vizir (Ghazi-uddin Haidar) 27th April 1815. (18) pp. 436-8, Arzi of Kutb-ud-din Husain Khan explaining his inability to provide Bearers for Col. Nicolls' Detachment. (19) Thomas Brooke (Superintendent of the Nizamat Adalat at Murshidabad) to John Monckton 25th Feb. 1815, with, pp. 444-53, letter from the Nepalese General Bhim Sing, possibly a matter of civility and possibly an effort to open communications indirectly with the British; pp. 443-4, to Capt. B. Latter 25th Feb. 1815. (20) W. Moorcroft (Superintendent of the Stud at Poosa). pp. 461-71, to C. W. Gardiner (Secretary in the Military Department) 24th Feb. 1815; pp. 479-92, 499-500, 503-5, to John Monckton 13th March to 25th April 1815. (21) pp. 472, 493-6, Capt.-Lieut. W. L. Watson (Assistant Adjutant-General to Major-Gen. Wood's Army) to W. Moorcroft 22nd Feb. and 6th March 1815. (22) p. 501, Lieut. Broadfield Sismore to W. Moorcroft 15th March 1815. (23) pp. 521-8, Deb Raja (of Bhutan) to the late Vice-President (Sir George Nugent) received 29th Jan. 1815; pp. 531-41, Reply from N. B. Edmonstone 25th Jan. 1815.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000004036
036-000004737
040-000004749 - Is part of:
- IOR/H : Home Miscellaneous
IOR/H/643-656 : Nepal War 1814-1816
IOR/H/654 : The Nepal War, 1814-1816. - Hierarchy:
- 032-000004036[0371]/036-000004737[0012]/040-000004749
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/H
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1815
- End Date:
- 1815
- Date Range:
- 1815
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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