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Papers concerning Bombay.

Catalogue reference: IOR/H/333

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IOR/H/333
Title
Papers concerning Bombay.
Date
1769-1814
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(1) pp. 1-3, Maratha Revenues and Expenses 1769 to 1771; pp. 4-8, State of the Maratha Army June 1774. (2) pp. 10-19, Revenues of the Island of Salsette. (3) pp. 21-2, Dates. (4) pp. 23-38, Col. Charles Egerton to Bombay Council 24th July to 6th Oct. 1779, Complaints against Messrs. Hornby and Carnac, His treatment by the Bombay Government in excluding him from the Select Committee and referring of his conduct to Bengal Government for decision, Col. William Cockburn to Bombay Council 6th Sept. 1779, Similar complaints, Minutes by William Hornby, &c. on the subject. (5) pp. 39-40, Gilbert Seton and Edward Stuart to Committee of Secrecy 13th July 1781 (Original), Refusal of Bombay Government to provide them with suitable conveyance though carrying despatches. (6) pp. 43-5, List of Offices, Places and Employments in the Civil and Military Establishments in the East Indies with Salaries; p. 47, Abstract of the Bombay Military Establishment 1781; p. 51, Statement of the Bombay Government. (7) pp. 53-5, Col. William Palmer (Resident with Sindhia) to Bombay Government 6th April--; pp. 371-3, Col. William Palmer to Joshua Uhthoff (Assistant to Resident at Poona) 7th Jan. and 19th Nov. 1797, Maratha and Oudh Affairs. (8) pp. 61-3, Col. L. Wilson to Directors 19th Jan. 1789 (Original), Claim to act as Brigadier-General. (9) p. 65, Gen. William Medows to Directors 3rd March 1789 (Original), Apology for breach of etiquette in mode of addressing them. (10) pp. 69, 109-23, Accounts and Commercial Papers. (11) pp. 71-97, C. W. Malet (Resident at Poona) to Lord Cornwallis and Bengal Council 28th March 1789, Account of Bancoot (or Fort Victoria) and Surat; pp. 99-100, Governor-General's thanks for the Account 6th May 1789; pp. 101-3, Governor-General to Bombay Government asking for a full account, commercial and political, of the Dependencies of Bombay. (12) pp. 127-31, Extracts from Bombay General Orders 19th Nov. 1789 and 12th April 1790. (13) pp. 133-5, C. W. Malet to Governor-General and Bengal Council 16th April 1790, Peshwa's promise to assist in the war against Tipu Sultan. (14) Bombay Council to Directors. pp. 137-77, 20th April 1790 to 13th Sept. 1794, Chiefly military; pp. 363-8, 22nd Aug. 1797, Conduct of Mr. Manisty; pp. 375-81, 4th July 1789, Hostile behaviour of Tipu Sultan in Malabar. (15) pp. 181-92, Address to Directors 10th Sept. 1794 by Company's Officers, Cols. C. Howson, Robert Bowles, R. Nicholson, Thomas Brownrigg, S. W. Waddington and R. Jones, against proposed plan for incorporating the Company's British forces in the King's Army; pp. 193-4, Covering letter to George Dick (acting Governor of Bombay) 12th Sept. 1794. (16) pp. 197-200, Mr. Burke to Chairman of Directors 8th Nov. 1794, Delay in appointment of a Governor for Bombay. (17) pp. 287-99, Establishment of Wet Docks, &c. at Bombay March 1796. (18) pp. 309-12, Correspondence between Governor Jonathan Duncan and C. W. Malet 5th and 10th Jan. 1796, Offer and refusal of a seat in the Bombay Council; Malet to Governor-General 2nd Jan. 1796 requesting permission to resign. (19) pp. 315-6, Bombay Government to Governor-General and Bengal Government 12th Feb. 1796, Changes in the Bombay Council. (20) pp. 319-26, C. W. Malet to Bombay Government 10th March and 13th May 1796 (Originals), Disputes between Baji Rao Peshwa and Daulat Rao Sindhia, Revolt of Parsau Rama Bhau and other Maratha officers, in supposed collusion with Sindhia. (21) pp. 329-43, Statements, &c., of Malabar Revenues 1796. (22) pp. 345-62, Minutes by Governor Jonathan Duncan and Daniel Seton on the latter's appointment as Provisional Chief of Surat February 1796. (23) pp. 383-90, Extracts from Bombay Letters June and July 1798, Tipu disgusted with the inadequacy of the assistance sent by the French from Mauritius, Ceylon Prize Money, The Pearl Fishery, Resident necessary at Suez to watch the French, Medical Department in India. (24) pp. 393-602, Correspondence between Nathan Crow (Resident at Sind) and the Bombay Government May to December 1800, Affairs of the English in Sind, Their expulsion by order of Zaman Shah (King of Cabul). (25) pp. 605-60, Reference to Directors by Bombay Government, 6th Aug. 1804, of a difference with the Firms of Charles Forbes & Co. and Bruce Fawcett, respecting the calculation of Tonnage in the case of the China Ships; pp. 628-32, Methods of calculating tonnage. (26) pp. 663-80, Bombay Proceedings 25th Oct. 1804, Protest of leading Bombay Merchants against allowing Muscat and Arab traders to participate in British Trade, when they were known to supply the French in time of hostilities. (27) pp. 683-98, Reasons for continuing Bombay as a Presidency and with a larger military force than that at any other Station. (28) pp. 701-25, Hints for reducing the Bombay Establishment. (29) p. 727, G. Holford to J. Meheux 27th Jan.--, with Memorandum on Kalyan Singh (Chief of Kishangarh in Rajputana 1797-1832) in case Lord Valentia should renew claims on his account. (30) pp. 731-7, Case of Rev. Mr. Jackson. (31) pp. 739-41, Family of Framjee Monackjee, Parsee Master Builder at Bombay. (32) pp. 743-71, Memorandum on the Trade of Bombay by J. Forbes Mitchell 10th March 1814. (33) pp. 775-780, Evan Nepean to Hon. W. F. Elphinstone, Bombay, 28th Nov. 1814.

Arrangement

Pt.1 = FF.1-189. Pt.2 = FF.190-302. Pt.3 = FF.303-406.

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British Library: Asian and African Studies
Former department reference
Q/ISC/24A
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Language
English
Physical description
3 volumes.
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Physical condition
3 volumes in one slipcase
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/138feb6d-0429-40b2-83f5-053c6879d6b0/

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