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The Nepal War, 1814-1816.
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- IOR/H/646
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- The Nepal War, 1814-1816.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1814
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(1) pp. 1-795, Enclosures to Bengal Secret Letter 27th Dec. 1814, Governor-General's Instructions to Military Officers and Correspondence relating to Nepal, including:-- (2) John Adam (Secretary in the Secret, Political and Foreign Departments). pp. 1-4, to J. Monckton (Acting Secretary in the Political Department) 28th Nov. 1814; pp. 147-9, 321-2, 615-7, 647-8, to Major John Baillie 11th to 24th Nov. 1814; pp. 151-2, to Capt. H. Y. Hearsey 14th Nov. 1814; pp. 175-6, 211-2, 305-6, 317-8, 425-6, to G. H. Fagan 14th Nov. to 22nd Dec. 1814; pp. 179-88, 631, 651-705 (26th Nov., empowering him to negotiate a Treaty with Nepal), 781-2, to Major P. Bradshaw 15th to 27th Nov. 1814; pp. 215-22, to Col. David Ochterlony 21st Nov. 1814; pp. 225-36, 455-7, 599, to C. T. Metcalfe (Resident at Lucknow) 21st to 26th Nov. 1814; pp. 285-91, to Surgeon T. Rutherford 21st Nov. 1814; pp. 309-11, 619-21, to Roger Martin 22nd and 24th Nov. 1814; pp. 429-31, to C. R. Martin (Magistrate of Purneah) 22nd Dec. 1814; pp. 433-6, to Magistrates of Rangpur and Dinajpur 22nd Nov. 1814; pp. 485-6, to the Hon. Edward Gardner 22nd Nov. 1814; pp. 587-95, to William Fraser 24th Nov. 1814; pp. 603-4, 785, to Sir Edward Colebrooke (Agent to the Govenor-General in the Ceded Provinces) 24th to 28th Nov. 1814; pp. 731-3, to Major-Gen. Bennet Marley 26th Nov. 1814; pp. 733-44, to David Scott (Judge and Magistrate of Rangpur), n.d; pp. 767-70, to Hon. John Edmund Elliot (Magistrate of Sarun) 26th Nov. 1814; pp. 773-8, to Capt. B. Latter 26th Nov. 1814. (3) Lieut.-Col. G. H. Fagan (Adjutant-General). pp. 7-8, 87-91, 107-24, 133-9, 155-60, 195-6, 293-4, 314-5, 325-50, 413-4, 439-40, to John Adam 14th Oct. to 22nd Nov. 1814; pp. 8-22, to Capt. B. Latter 14th Oct. 1814; pp. 91-105, to Major-Gen. R. R. Gillespie 24th Oct. 1814; pp. 125-30, to R. H. Cunliffe (Assistant Commissary-General) 31st Oct. 1814; pp. 139-43, to Major James Gordon (Deputy Adjutant-General at the Presidency) 31st Oct. 1814; pp. 330-91, to Major-Gen. Marley 6th Nov. 1814, Instructions; pp. 445-53, to Col. David Ochterlony 21st Nov. 1814; pp. 607-11, 643, to C. M. Ricketts (Secretary to the Governor-General) 24th Nov. and 3rd [Dec.] 1814. (4) Capt. B. Latter (Commanding on the Frontier). pp. 23-5, 414-5, to G. H. Fagan 26th Sept. to 2nd Nov. 1814; pp. 415-23, to C. R. Martin 2nd Nov. 1814. (5) Colin Shakespear. pp. 27-9, to John Adam 16th Oct. 1814; pp. 30-3, to Major-Gen. R. R. Gillespie 5th Oct. 1814. (6) p. 32, Capt. William Percy Cooke to Colin Shakespear 7th Oct. 1814. (7) pp. 33-4, Major-Gen. R. R. Gillespie (Commanding 2nd Division) to Colin Shakespear 12th Oct. 1814. (8) pp. 37-8, 623-7, 635-9, William Moorcroft (Superintendent of the Stud at Poosa) to John Adam 19th Oct. to 17th Nov. 1814. (9) Roger Martin (Magistrate at Gorakhpur). pp. 41-55, to John Adam 21st Oct. 1814; pp. 296-7, to Major-Gen. J. S. Wood 28th Oct. 1814; pp. 299-302, to Lieut. D. Bruce 26th Oct. 1814. (10) pp. 55-60, Memorandum regarding Roads leading into the Hills, by Roger Martin. (11) pp. 63-84, H. C. Christian (Collector of Gorakhpur) to John Adam 24th Oct. 1814. (12) pp. 160-71, Capt. H. Y. Hearsey to G. H. Fagan 3rd Nov. 1814. (13) pp. 197-208, Commander-in-Chief's (Earl of Moira's) General Order November 1814 for the formation of the Field Army into Brigades. In Military Sketches of the Goorkha War, 1822, p. 1, five Commands are mentioned, viz. those under Major-Gen. Marley; Major-Gen. J. Sullivan Wood, Col. Jasper Nichols, Major-Gen. Gillespie and Major-Gen. Ochterlony. (14) pp. 239-55, 263-81, Thomas Rutherford (Surgeon at Moradadad) to John Adam 23rd Oct. to 3rd Nov. 1814. (15) pp. 255-61, Notices of Forts in Nepal, by Rutherford. (16) Major-Gen. John S. Wood (Commanding at Benares). pp. 294-6, to G. H. Fagan 31st Oct. 1814; pp. 459-61, to John Adam 8th Nov. 1814. (17) pp. 298-9, 302-3, Lieut. D. Bruce (Assistant Commissary-General) to Roger Martin 25th and 27th Oct. 1814. (18) pp. 392-411, Summary Abstract of Routes into Nepal, by G. H. Fagan. (19) pp. 440-3, Col. David Ochterlony (Commanding the 3rd Division) to G. H. Fagan 10th Nov. 1814. (20) pp. 444-5, T. W. O'Brien to Col. Ochterlony 4th Nov. 1814. (21) pp. 465-81, Edward Gardner (Assistant Resident, Delhi) to John Adam 16th Nov. 1814. (22) pp. 489-532, 579-85, William Fraser (Assistant Resident, Delhi) to John Adam 17th and 30th Oct. 1814. (23) pp. 532-75, ''Memorandum relating to the late Family Government of the Rajahs of Surranugur [i.e. Srinagar] and Gurhwal,'' by W. Fraser (about 5,200 words). (24) pp. 644-5, Lieut.-Col. D. Lyons to G. H. Fagan 11th Nov. 1814. (25) pp. 707-29, Draft of Treaty with Bikram Sing, Raja of Nepal (with remarks by John Adam, Bareilly, 21st Nov. 1814). (The approved Treaty is printed in Aitchison, II, 166-8.) (26) pp. 747-63, Extract from a Report by Dr. Buchanan on the Lepchas and Inhabitants of Tibet and Bhutan. (27) pp. 789-94, List of Enclosures in Letter of 28th Nov. 1814 from John Adam to John Monckton, i.e. (3) to (16) above.
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- British Library: Asian and African Studies
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- Letter 538
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- English
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- 1 volume
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Nepal War 1814-1816
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