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WELLESLEY PAPERS. Vol. V.

1. Correspondence of Lord Mornington [cr. Marquis Wellesley 1799] with the East India Company, containing original official and private letters from successive Chairmen or Deputy Chairmen, among them being Sir Hugh Inglis, Bart., Jacob Bosanquet, David Scott, etc.; 4 Oct. 1797-21 Apr. 1841. ff. 1-242. Included are: (a) Report to the Court of Directors from Lord Cornwallis, Governor General, on the condition of India; Fort William, 1 Nov. 1788. Copy. f. 1;-(b) Petition of the E. India Company to the king, praying for "direction as to the subdivision of the Seringapatam Prize Money"; 9 May, 1808. Copy. f. 182;-(c) Correspondence relating to the publication of Lord Wellesley's Dispatches; 1836. ff. 220-227;-(d) Correspondence on the erection of a statue of Lord Wellesley in the court-house; 1841. ff. 229-241.

2. Letters to Lord Mornington from Governors and other officials at the Cape of Good Hope, 1798-1802, viz.:-(a) [Sir] J[ohn] Anstruther [Bart.], 28 Mar., 5 Apr. 1798. ff. 244, 257 ;-(b) [George Macartney, Earl] Macartney, Governor [1796-1798]; 28 Mar.-11 Sept. 1798. ff. 248, 255, 259, 279-304;-(c) [Sir] Hugh C[loberry] Christian, Admiral commanding at the Cape; 29 Mar.-10 Sept. 1798. ff. 250, 252, 265, 267, 269, 277, 305;-

(d) [Sir] Francis Dundas, acting Governor in 1798; 25 May, 1798- 24 Feb. 1799. ff. 263, 327, 329. Paper; ff. 341. Folio.

India: Correspondence, etc., of Lord Wellesley, as Governor-General: 1797-1806.

Richard Wellesley, 2nd Earl of Mornington; Marquess Wellesley: General Indian correspondence: 1797-1807.

includes:

f. 1 Charles Cornwallis, Viscount Brome; 1st Marquess Cornwallis: Letter to the E. India Co.: 1788.: Copy.
ff. 1-242 India: Correspondance of the F, India Co. with Lord Wellesley and others: 1797-1841.
ff.1-242 Richard Wellesley, 2nd Earl of Mornington; Marquess Wellesley: Correspondence with the E. India Co.: 1797-1841.
ff. 45, 47, 54, 62, 64, 73, 77, 81 Sir Hugh Inglis, 1st Baronet: Letters to Lord Wellesley: 1797, 1800.
ff. 50, 67, 83, 89, 93, 101, 104, 115, 121, 125, 129, 133, 140, 142 Jacob Bosanquet, Chairman of the E I Company: Letters to Lord Wellesley: 1798-1804.
f. 71 David Scott, Chairman of the E India Co: Correspondence with Lord Wellesley: 1798-1807.
ff. 97, 99, 109, 123 John Roberts, Director of the East India Company: Letters to Lord Wellesley: 1802-1803.
ff. 115, 119 Jacob Bosanquet, Chairman of the E I Company: Correspondence with Lord Castlereagh: 1803.
ff. 115, 119 John Roberts, Director of the East India Company: Correspondence with Lord Castlereagh: 1803.
f. 135 George Harris, Baron Harris (1815): Letter to the East India Co.: 1804.: Copy.
ff. 144-149, 153-164, 170-173 Randle Jackson, Parliamentary Counsel, E India Co: Letter, to Sir A.Wellesley: 1806.
f. 151 Sir George Dallas, Baronet: Correspondence with Lord Wellesley: 1803-1811.
f. 182 India: Petition of the E. India Co.to George III: 1808.: Copy.
f. 225 Sir Robert Campbell, Baronet; Director of the E India Co: Letters to Lord Wellesley: 1836-1837.
f. 225 Neil Benjamin Edmonstone: Letters to Lord Wellesley: 1836, 1837.
ff. 226, 227, 228 Sir James Rivett Carnac, Baronet: Correspondence, as Director of the E. India Co., with Lord Wellesley: 1836-1838.
f. 227 John Lock, Director of the EIndia county: Correspondence with Lord Wellesley: 1836.
ff. 228, 241 General Sir James Law Lushington: Letters to Lord Wellesley: 1837, 1841.
ff. 229, 231, 233, 237 William Butterworth Bayley, Chief Secretary to the Govemment of India: Correspondence with Lord Wellesley: 1840, 1841.
ff. 237, 241 George Lyall, Chairman of the E India Co: Correspondence with Lord Wellesley: 1841.
ff. 244, 257 Sir John Anstruther, 5th Baronet; Of Anstruthr; Chief-Justice of Bengal: Letters to Lord Wellesley: 1798.
ff. 244-330 Cape of Good Hope: Letters from governors of, etc., to Lord Mornington: 1798, 1799.
ff.244-330 Richard Wellesley, 2nd Earl of Mornington; Marquess Wellesley: Letters to, from Governors of the Cape of Good Hope, etc.: 1798, 1799.
ff. 248, 255, 259, 279, 281, 283, 309-316, 319 George Macartney, Earl Macartney: Correspondence with Lord Wellesley: 1798, 1805.
ff. 250, 252, 265, 267, 269, 277, 305, 317, 321 Rear-Admiral Sir Hugh Clonberry Christian: Letters to Lord Mornington: 1798.
ff. 263, 327, 329 General Francis Dundas: Letters to Lord Mornington: 1798, 1799.
f. 287 Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville: Letter to Lord Macartney: 1798.: Copy.
f. 292 Admiralty: Instructions to Adm. Rainier: 1798, 1804.: Copies.
f. 297 Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville: Letters to Lord Grenville: 1798.: Copies.
f. 331 John Hooke Greene, Collector of Customs, Cape Town: Letter to A. Barnard: 1802.

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1797

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1841

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Admiralty, 1708-1964
Anstruther, John, 1st Baronet Anstruther, of Fort William and 4th Baronet Anstruther, of Anstruther, politician and judge, 1753-1811
Bayley, William Butterworth, administrator in India, 1781-1860
Bosanquet, Jacob, East India Company official, London merchant and banker, c 1756-1828
Campbell, Robert, 1st Baronet, merchant, 1771-1858
Carnac, James, 1st Baronet, administrator in India, 1784-1846
Christian, Hugh Clonberry, Rear-Admiral
Cornwallis, Charles, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, army officer and politician, 1738-1805
Dallas, George, 1st Baronet, political writer, 1758-1833
Dundas, Francis, army officer, ?1759-1824
Dundas, Henry, 1st Viscount Melville, lawyer, politician and statesman, 1742-1811
Edmonstone, Neil Benjamin, civil servant and director of the East India Company, 1765-1841
Greene, John Hooke, of Cape Town, customs officer, fl 1802-1805
Harris, George, Baron Harris (1815)
Inglis, Hugh, 1st Baronet, Chairman of the East India Company, 1744-1822
Jackson, Randle, Parliamentary Counsel, E India Co
Lock, John, Director of the EIndia county
Lushington, James Law, Knight, General and chairman of East India Company, 1779-1859
Lyall, George, Chairman of the E India Co
Macartney, George, Earl Macartney, of Add MS 37278
Roberts, John, Director of the East India Company
Scott, David, Chairman of the E India Co
Wellesley, Richard Colley, 2nd Earl of Mornington, Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, 1760-1842

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Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
India, Asia