Documents.
Found in 1533 Collections and/or Records:
Papers received by the 1st Earl of Minto during his absence from India on the Java Expedition., 1811.
Papers received from Thomas Cockburn, formerly of the Madras Civil Service., 1806-1807.
Papers relating to China received by Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, and his son Robert, 2nd Viscount Melville., 1781-1823, undated.
The contents are as follows.
(i) Papers concerning general affairs and trade, 1781-1823, undated, including debts owed by the Chinese at Canton to George Smith, a merchant there, and other British subjects; the trade in tin and tea; and affrays between the British and Chinese; with accounts of places on the route from India to China (folio 1);
(ii) The case of J J Voute and Sons and their purchase of tea, 1787-1788 (folio 214).
Papers relating to Eastern shipping received by Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, and his son Robert, 2nd Viscount Melville., 1786-1817, 1825, undated.
The papers concern the Company's shipping (ship-building, sailings, personnel, victualling, cargoes, harbours, the supply of timber in the East); also dealings of the Royal Navy with the Company and other matters connected with Eastern waters.
Papers relating to India and the East received by Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, and his son, Robert, 2nd Viscount Melville., 1762-1828, undated.
Papers relating to India received by Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, and his son Robert, 2nd Viscount Melville., 1787-1812, undated.
Papers relating to Scotland received by Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, and his son, Robert, 2nd Viscount Melville., 1770-1838, undated.
Papers relating to the 4th Earl of Minto's service as Military Secretary to the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Governor-General of Canada., 1883-1886.
The 4th Earl of Minto's main preoccupations were with the raising of a voyageur force for service in Egypt, the employment of Canadian forces in the imperial service, and the rebellion of Louis Riel in the North-West in which he was personally involved.
Papers relating to the 4th Earl of Minto's tenure of office as Governor-General of Canada., 1898-1904.
Papers relating to the Cape Route to India received by Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, and his son Robert, 2nd Viscount Melville., 1782-1812, undated.
The papers relate to the following:
(i) Canary Islands, 1797 (folio 1);
(ii) St Helena, 1788-1812, undated (folio 4);
(iii) Cape of Good Hope, 1782-1810 (folio 22);
(iv) Mauritius and Bourbon, 1787-1812 (folio 75).
Papers relating to the collieries at Urquhart and Lochgelly., 1703-1792.
Papers relating to the collieries at Urquhart and Lochgelly., 1582-1888.
The contents are as follows.
(i) Papers relating to the disputed march between the lands of Urquhart and Pittencrieff, 1582 (18th century copy), 1635-1636, 1697-1753 (folio 1);
(ii) Coal tacks and related papers for Urquhart and Lochgelly, 1723-1746, 1860, 1872, 1888 (folio 23);
(iii) Legal reports and memoranda relating to coal, 1658, 1682, 1729-1747, including a report by William Adam on the Lochgelly coal, 1747 (folio 219).
Papers relating to the Near East received by Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, and his son Robert, 2nd Viscount Melville., 1790-1810, 1827, undated.
The contents are as follows:
(i) Papers concerning routes to India by the Red Sea and overland, the possibilities of a French or Russian attack on India from the north-west, the missions of John Malcolm and Sir Harford Jones to Persia, and affairs in Greece, Turkey, Afghanistan, etc., 1790-1810, undated (folio 1);
(ii) Correspondence between Commodore Gawen W Hamilton, Prince Alexandras Maurokordatos, and others on Greek affairs, 1827 (copies).
'Papers Relative to the War Between Persia and Russia in 1826, 1827 and 1828'., 1826-1828.
Papers, undated, concerning military and historical matters., [1799-1842].
The volume includes papers concerning the Alkmaar operations of 1799 (folio 74) the campaign of the Aaland Islands in 1808 (folio 82), Waterloo (folio 110), Caesar`s Commentaries (folio 190), and Agincourt (folio 210), and an autobiographical memoir by Murray (folio 224).