Mss Eur Orme OV.43

pp. [i-iii]. Table of Contents. The starting date given on the spine of February 1761 is incorrect and does not correspond to the earliest date of the contents of the volume, which should read March 1765.

1, pp. 1-241. Letters to Orme, all Originals, chiefly on private matters, but containing allusions to Current events, so that Orme classes them all as materials for "Bengal History." (1) From James Alexander, dated Calcutta, 28 March 1768 (pp. 97-99); Calcutta, 5 Oct. 1767 (pp. 107-110), 23 Nov. 1768 (pp. 111-113); Cossimbuzar, 21 Nov. 1769 (pp. 131-134); Patna, 4 March 1770 (pp. 145-147); Patna, 1 Oct. 1770 I (pp. 163-165); Mootagill, 12 Nov. 1771 (pp. 167-170). (2) From Sir Robert Barker dated. Benares, 10 Jan. 1772 (pp.173-174). (3) From Alexander Beaumont, dated Calcutta, 15 Jan. 1771 (pp. 1-2). (4) From Robert Clive, dated Calcutta, 29 Sept. 1765 (pp. 29-31), Calcutta, 5 Feb. 1766 (pp. 45-47). (5) From John Grant, dated Calcutta, 12 Sept. 1770 (pp. 153-156); Calcutta, 15 Oct. 1770 (pp. 159-160). (6) From William Hosea (Orme's nephew), dated Dacca, 18 August 1765 (p. 13); Calcutta, 2 October 1765 (pp. 33-36); Allahabad, 30 Nov. 1765 (pp. 41-42) ; Camp near Corah, 2 March 1766 (p. 49); Patna, 26 Aug. 1766 (pp. 61-62) ; Patna, 5 March 1767 (pp. 65-67); Patna, 21 Sept. 1767 (pp. 181-184); Patna, 19 March 1768 (pp. 93-96); Patna, 2 Feb. 1769 (pp. 115-117); Patna, 20 Feb. 1769 (p. 119); Patna, 27 March 1769 (pp. 123-125); Calcutta, 3 Dec. 1769 (pp. 141-144); Calcutta, 1 Sept. 1771 (p. 149); Calcutta, 27 Jan. 1772 (pp. 177-179); Calcutta, 29 March 1772 (p. 181); Calcutta, 5 April 1772 [to Orme and Smith. This contains practically the only piece of verse, pp. 187-190, to be found in the Orme Collection, being a specimen from a long poem which Hosea had planned on the decay of India] (pp. 185-190); Calcutta, 10 April 1772 (p. 193); Houghley, 10 Nov. 1772 (pp. 197-199); - 1772 (pp. 205-212) ; Calcutta, 29 Feb. 1773 (pp. 215-226) ; Calcutta, 1 April 1773 (pp. 233-236); Houghley, 23 Dec. 1773 (p. 241). (7) From Gilbert Ironside, dated Burrumpoor, 12 Oct. 1769 (to Richard Smith) (pp. 127-129); Fort William, 11 Nov. 1772 (pp. 201-203); Fort William, 31 March 1773 (p. 227). (8) From L. Macleane, dated Calcutta, 13 Nov. 1773 (p. 237). (9) From Captain Charles Morgan, dated "Prince of Wales" at sea, 10 March 1765 (pp. 9-10); Calcutta, 24 Sept. 1765 (pp. 17-20); Rampore, 19 March 1766 (pp. 53-58); Midnapore, 22 March 1767, giving an account of a quarrel with Richard Smith (pp. 69-77); Midnapore, 13 March 1768 (pp. 85-89); Midnapore, 12 Sept. 1768 (pp. 101-104); Calcutta, 3 Dec. 1769 (pp. 135-137). (10) From Peter Speke, dated Bengal, Fort St. George, 1 Oct. 1765 (pp. 21-22); 10 Feb. 1766 (pp. 5-6). (11) From William Brightwell Sumner, Calcutta, 27 Sept. 1765 (p. 25); Calcutta, 3 Oct. 1765 (p. 37).