Correspondence and papers sent by William Ross, a former Madras civil servant, Sir George Ramsay, Baronet, of Bamff, and Lieutenant (later Major-General) William Blackburne, to Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville.
Scope and Contents
The correspondence, which includes extensive memoranda and minutes, deals in considerable detail with the policies of the East India Company's Madras government towards the Raja of Tanjore, the question of the Tanjore and Arcot debts, and dynastic disputes in the royal house.
An original letter, with translation, of the Raja of Tanjore to Dundas (folios 123-137), is included in the Blackburne correspondence.
Dates
- Creation: 1786-1801.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
221 Leaves ; Folio and under.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Arrangement
221 folios.
The letters and papers of Ross (folio 1), Sir George Ramsay (folio 95), and Blackburne (folio 108), were arranged separately by a clerk, and bound into a single volume. Within the three groups the order is largely chronological.
Custodial History
Originally sold in the Melville sale at Sotheby's, 23 February 1927, lot 711.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, Sotheby's, 14 November 1955, lot 1085.
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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