Mss Eur Orme OV.6

p.[i]. Table of Contents.

1, pp. 1-29 (One page omitted in numbering, now includes 24a and 24b) (38.5 x 25 cm.). Letter, dated Calcutta, 10th March 1761 from Mustapha to William McGuire. Original. Forwards a translation of Mustapha's account of himself and of his attempt to make his way. from Calcutta to Pondicherry. (This account, dated 16 August 1759, is Imperfect.) Copied in XVI. 22. In a marginal note Mustapha says: "These papers were not translated before they had, been perused in Original by Messieurs Vansittart and Hestings [? Warren Hastings] whilst I was still a prisoner at Calcutta upon my parole, 1760." They have been printed in Dalrymple's Oriental Repertory, II. 213.

2, pp. 31-34 (37 x 34 cm.). Inventory of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores taken at Chandernagore, March 23rd 1757. Copy.

3, pp. 35-39 (Three Pages omitted in numbering, now goes 35-40c.) (37 x 23.5 cm.). Letter, dated Calcutta, 2nd-of January 1768, from Mustapha to Luke Scrafton, in London. Copy. In reference to certain imputations cast upon his character in Scrafton's pamphlet, entitled Observations on Mr Vansittart's Narrative, published apparently In 1766. On p. 16 of the Observations occurs the following passage:- “The men here said to be put to death for their attachment to us had no sort of connection with us. Cofa Hadee was, a month or two before his death, engaged in a profect to introduce the French, which was detected by the seizing of his agent, one Mustapha, on his way to M. Bussy, commander of the French forces in Golconda, which Mustapha was thrown into prison as a spy, where he remained many months, but afterwards became one of Mr. Vansittart's agents for his inland trade." Mustapha, or Haji Mustapha, Was also known under the name of Raymond, under which name see Buckland's Dictionary of Indian Biography.

4, pp. 41-43 (38.5 x 24 cm.). Proceedings of a General Court Martial, composed of Sepoy black officers, held at Allahabad, the 13th of June 1766 on a Sepoy and his accomplices who had killed his sister, his brother's wife, and a slave for adultery. Apparently a copy. Re-copied in XVI. 34. Orme includes (see Table of Contents) this paper under the general heading of Manners and Religion of Indostan. It certainly illustrates the character and passions of the class concerned.

5, (37.5 x 23.5 cm.). (1) pp. 45-47. Pergunnahs in the Province of Corah, by Ensign Davy. Original. Copied in XVI. 25. This and the following three papers were given to Orme by General Richard Smith (see p. 47, note by Orme). No. (2) is misplaced and should be read after No. (4). The papers are correctly numbered in the volume. (2) pp. 49-56. Observations on the Delhi Road from Corahjehanabad to Atawah, by Ensign Davy. Original Copied in XVI. 14. (3) pp. 57-64. Observations on the Southern Road from Allahabad towards Corah, by Ensign Davy. Original. Copied in XVI. 15. (4) pp. 65-72. Observations on the Cross Roads, from the high road to the Southern Road, and thence to the Jumna, by Ensign Davy. Original. Copied in XVI. 16.