Mss Eur Orme India XV

1, p. 4131. Letter, dated Harley Street, 18 August 1764, from Orme to Mr. John Andrews. Copy. Makes some enquiries regarding the Chilka Lake. For reply see No. 3 below. Printed in Dalrymple's Oriental Repertory, Vol, II., p. 405.

2, pp. 4131-4133. Letter, dated Harley Street, Cavendish Square, 4 August 1764 from Orme to Mr Stevenson. Copy. See 12. 16 above. Asks for information about the Surman Embassy to Farrukhsiyar. As Orme says that Mr. Stevenson took part in this Embassy, it appears that he must be the same person as Mr. Edward Stephenson, who was second in the Embassy (see Wilson's Early Annals on the English in Bengal, Vol. II., Part II., p. 271), and became Governor of Calcutta on 17 Sept. 1728.

3, p. 4133. Chilka Lake. By Mr. John Andrews. Copied from 65. 15. Reply to No, 1 above.

4, p. 4134. Letter, dated Harley Street, 29 Oct, 1764, Cavendish Square, from Orme to Mr. Mitchell [Sub-Secretary to the East India Company]. Copy. Asks certain questions concerning the settling of Calcutta.

5, p, 4135. Letter, dated 6 April 1765, from Orme to Mr. Luke Scrafton with his reply. Copy. Asks certain information regarding the family of Ali Vardi Khan. See 21. 29 above.

6, pp. 4136-4137. Letter, dated Harley Street, Cavendish Square, 6 June 1765, from Orme to Mr. Bussey, In French. Copy. Makes certain enquiries regarding his marches in the Deccan. See 31. 4 above.

7, p. 4137. Letter, dated 30 May 1765, f'rom Governor Adam Dawson to Orme. Copy. Says that Cossimbazar Fort was fortified in 1742 or 1743.

8, p. 4137. Letter, dated 5 August 1765, from Orme to Mr. Henry Powney. Copy. Asks for the dates of various events during Clive's expedition to Bengal.

9, pp. 4138-4146, Letter, dated Hartley Street, Cavendish Square, 25 April 1767, from Orme to Mr. Matthew Collet. Copy. Encloses a paper of Questions regarding Mr. Watts' flight from Murshidabad, on half-page, Mr. Collet's replies are entered on the remaining half-pages. Mr. Collet's covering letter, dated Updown 4 May 1767, is appended. The questions and answers are copied from 20. 13, and have been printed in Hill's Bengal in 1756-57, Vol. III., p. 396.

10, pp. 4148-4191. Mémoire de l'origine, l'établissement et l'état present des Pitans dans l'Indostan. Copied from 216. 1. This is a letter without signature. It is written on one side only of the sheets, the other side being reserved for remarks, which also are in French. On page 4191 the writer apologises for any defects in his account by saying that he is not a Frenchman and therefore not a master of the French language. In the Index the date is given as 1769 (see 45, p. 2).

11, pp. 4191-4361. Mémoires de l'origine, accroissement et état present de puissance des Jats dans l'Indostan, II(de) partie, suite des Mémoires des Pattans. Copied from 216. 2. In French. On one side of the leaf only, the other being reserved for remarks.

12, pp. 4362-4397. Mémoire des Siks. Copied from 8.14. In French. On one side of the leaf only, the other being reserved for remarks.

13, pp. 4399-4402. Histoire de Gehanguir. Copied from 217. 1. In French. In the Index it is stated that the original was composed by Jahangir himself. Completed in XVI. 1 below.

p. 4403. Index. i.e., Table of Contents. There is a loose copy of this Index in the volume.