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WILKS PAPERS. Vol. I (ff. 122).

1. ff. 1-72v. Correspondence, etc., including family correspondence, chiefly relating to Wilks's career in India; 1782-1826.

2. ff. 73-122v. Report by Wilks on the manufacture of gunpowder in India; 1802. Copy. With related papers, annotations by Sir Humphry Davy, and (ff. 121-122v), a letter from Davy to Wilks, 1809.

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ff. 1-7v. India: Colonel Mark Wilks, of the Indian Army; Governor of St Helena: Letter journal of his first voyage to, and first days in, India, 1782 - 1783: [circa 1783?]: Copied extracts? Imperf.
ff. 8-11v India: Sayed Mohammed Khan: Account of the 1783 conspiracy and the expulsion of the Mahadees: [circa 1783?]: Hindi.
f. 12 Colonel Mark Wilks, of the Indian Army; Governor of St Helena: Letter to Harriet Macleane, later Wilks: 1790: Imperf.
f. 12v India: Art. Illuminations and Drawings: Colonel Mark Wilks, of the Indian Army; Governor of St Helena: Rough sketch of south - east side of the Fort of Kistnagherry: 1790.
f. 13 Maps and Plans: India: Colonel Mark Wilks, of the Indian Army; Governor of St Helena: Letter from Mark Wilks to his sister, with a sketch plan of the siege of Seringapatam: 1792: Imperf.?.
ff. 14-15; 23-26v Colonel Mark Wilks, of the Indian Army; Governor of St Helena: Letters to his brother James: 1792, 1803.
ff. 16-17v; 21-22v Harriet Wilks, wife of Colonel Mark Wilks: Letters to her brother-in-law, James Wilks: 1799, 1802.
f. 18 Colonel Mark Wilks, of the Indian Army; Governor of St Helena: Letter to his brother James: 1801.
f. 27 Harriet Wilks, wife of Colonel Mark Wilks: Letter to — Agnew: 1804.
f. 29 India: Colonel Mark Wilks, of the Indian Army; Governor of St Helena: Extract of letter to Col. Close relating to the Murresoo Wokul sect: 1805: Heavily corrected.
f. 35 Colonel Mark Wilks, of the Indian Army; Governor of St Helena: W. Blackburn, of Tanjore, India: Letter to Col. M. Wilks from W. Blackburn: 1807.
ff. 37-42v India: Rev. - Schwartz, missionary in India: Letters to a royal chaplain and another friend, concerning a plot against Hyder Ali: 1779, 1780: Extracts. Copies.
f. 43 Sir James Mackintosh, PC; MP: Colonel Mark Wilks, of the Indian Army; Governor of St Helena: Letter concerning Wilks's 'Historical Sketches' to Major, later Col., M. Wilks from Sir James Mackintosh: 1808.
f. 48 Sir James Mackintosh, PC; MP: J. Duncan, former Resident at Benares: Letter to Sir J. Mackintosh from J. Duncan: [1808?].
f. 51 Colonel Mark Wilks, of the Indian Army; Governor of St Helena: Lord William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, KCB, Governor-General of India: Letter to Col. M. Wilks from Lord William Bentinck.: 1807.
ff. 52-53v India: Lord William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, KCB, Governor-General of India: Notes by Lord William Bentinck concerning Col. M. Wilks's 'Historical Sketches': [1807]: Autograph.
ff. 53-70v T. Ramaswamy, of Mysore: Letters to Col. M. Wilks: 1825, 1826.
f. 55 Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington: Colonel Mark Wilks, of the Indian Army; Governor of St Helena: Letters to Col. M. Wilks from the Duke of Wellington: 1810, 1822.
f. 57 David Kay, [the elder; MD?]: Letter to Col. M. Wilks: 1815.
ff. 59-60v Rome; Emperors: David Kay, [the elder; MD?]: Paper by Dr D. Kay concerning the donations of the Roman emperors: [1815].
ff. 61, 62v Stephen Rumbold Lushington, PC; MP: Letters to Col. M. Wilks: 1818, 1822.
ff. 74-120v Lieutenant-General James Stuart, Commander in Chief, Madras: Report on gunpowder addressed to, by Col. M. Wilks and others: 1802: Copy, with later annotations.
ff. 74-120v India: Gunpowder: Colonel Mark Wilks, of the Indian Army; Governor of St Helena: Report on gunpowder, to Lt.-Gen. Stuart, by Col. M. Wilks and others: 1802: Copy, with later annotations, [1809], n.d., by Wilks and Humphrey Davy.
ff. 76, 77, 81, 86, 87v, 89v, 90v Gunpowder: Sir Humphry Davy, natural philosopher: Marginal notes by Humphry Davy on a report on gunpowder, by Col. M. Wilks and others: [1809].
f. 95 Gunpowder: John Macleane, Secretary to the Military Board, India: Signature of J. Macleane on report on gunpowder by Col. M. Wilks and others.: [1802].
f. 121 Sir Humphry Davy, natural philosopher: Colonel Mark Wilks, of the Indian Army; Governor of St Helena: Letter to Col. M. Wilks from Sir H. Davy: 1809.

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Add MS 57313-57315 : WILKS PAPERS: correspondence and papers of Lt.-Col., afterwards Col. Mark Wilks, Madras Army, Governor of St. Helena…

Add MS 57313 : WILKS PAPERS. Vol. I (ff. 122). 1. ff. 1-72v. Correspondence, etc., including family correspondence, chiefly relating to Wilks's…

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Start Date:

1782

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1826

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1782-1826

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Names:

Bentinck, William Henry, army officer, diplomatist, and Governor-General of India, 1774-1839
Blackburn, W, of Tanjore India
Davy, Humphry, 1st Baronet, of Grosvenor Street, natural philosopher, 1778-1829
Duncan, Jonathan, diplomat and colonial administrator, 1756-1811
Emperors of Rome
Kay, David, the elder, MD?
Khan, Sayed Mohammed
Lushington, Stephen Rumbold, PC, MP
Mackintosh, James, PC, MP
Macleane, John, Secretary to the Military Board India
Ramaswamy, T, of Mysore
Schwartz, Rev —, missionary in India
Stuart, James, Lieutenant-General Commander in Chief Madras
Wellesley, Arthur, 1st Duke of Wellington, army officer and statesman, 1769-1852
Wilks, Harriet, wife of Colonel Mark Wilks
Wilks, Mark, Colonel of the Indian Army, Governor of St Helena

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India, Asia