East Indies Series 18.

(1) pp. 1-44, Correspondence between Sir Robert Harland and the Madras Council 27th Dec. 1771 to 8th Jan. 1772 on the Nawab's affairs; pp. 363, 367, do. do. 23rd to 25th Feb. 1772. (2) pp. 45-116, Correspondence between M. Law, the Madras Council and Sir R. Harland on the seizure in 1767 by the French at Acheen of Goods belonging to English Merchants of Madras 26th Oct. 1771 to 13th Feb. 1772; pp. 99-101, Instructions to Mr. [William] Marsden 28th Jan. 1768; pp. 115-6, Government of Pondicherry to Madras Council 3rd March 1768. (3) pp. 119-24, Nawab of Arcot to Harland 19th Dec. 1771. (4) pp. 127-34, Mauderoo Sadashoo (Maratha Vacqueel) to Sir R. Harland 22nd Dec. 1771, Services rendered by the Marathas to the English; pp. 135-6, Reply 23rd Dec. 1771, Harland to Mahadarow Pundit 3rd Jan. 1772 promising friendship. (5) pp. 139-40, Trumbauka Row (Maratha General) to Sir R. Harland 26th Dec. 1771; pp. 457-9 do. do. 15th March 1772. (6) pp. 143-5, Sir Robert Harland to Bombay Council 28th Dec. 1771. (7) pp. 151-326, Correspondence between Nawab of Arcot, Madras Council, Omdat ul Omrah (eldest son of Muhammad Ali), Raja Burbur, Trumbauka Row, Mahaderow Sadashoo, Assum Cawn and Mr. Edward Stracey, Morari Row, 18th Sept. 1771 to 18th Feb. 1772, Tanjore, Malawar and Nalcooty Polygars, Marathas and Pindarees; pp. 163, 167, Obligations of (a) James Hay and (b) James H. Casamajor, William Petrie and James Hay to the Young Nawab. (8) pp. 329-41, Correspondence between Sir R. Harland and the Bengal Council 3rd Oct. to 21st Nov. 1771. (9) pp. 345-8, Description of the Isle of Praslin, Seychelles Islands, &c. (about 1,200 words). (See Albert A. Fauvel, Unpublished Documents on the History of the Seychelles Islands, 1909.) (10) pp. 349-50, Forces and ships at Mauritius; pp. 353-61, Intelligence at Mauritius 1st and 5th Nov. 1771. (11) pp. 371-89, Sir Robert Harland to Directors 19th Feb. 1772, Advantages of the Maratha Alliance. (12) pp. 391-2, 439-46, 453-4, Nawab of Arcot to Governor [Dupré] of Madras 27th Feb., 18th and 19th March 1772. (13) pp. 397-400, 449-52, Nawab of Arcot to King of England 28th Feb. and 20th March 1772. (14) pp. 401, 405-18, 427-37, Nawab of Arcot to the Directors 27th Feb. and 20th July 1771, 20th March 1772. (15) pp. 421-4, 461, 487-93, 495-500, 515-7, Sir Robert Harland to Lord Rochford 20th March, 3rd April, 18th June, 1st and 10th Sept. 1772, Carnatic affairs. (16) pp. 465-72, 475-7, 479-80, 483-4, Lord Rochford to Sir Robert Harland 16th Nov. [3] and 24th Dec. 1772, Advice and Instructions. (17) pp. 503-12, ''Short Memorial of services rendered to His Majesty the Nabob of the Carnatic . . . by John Macpherson, whom he sent upon a secret Commission to his Majesty's First Minister of State in 1767'' (about 3,000 words, Submitted to Sir Robert Harland).

In H/109-114 all letters from Sir Robert Harland to Lord Rochford are either altogether in his own hand or signed in his own hand. As a rule letters from French officials are in French.

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