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College at Fort William Bengal; the supply of materials for the Oriental Repository...

Catalogue reference: IOR/H/489

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IOR/H/489
Title
College at Fort William Bengal; the supply of materials for the Oriental Repository at East India House.
Date
1803-1812
Description

(1) pp. iii-vii, List of Contents. (2) pp. 1-36, 45-189, Correspondence between Court and Bengal relative to the College at Fort William 2nd Sept. 1803 to 6th June 1812, including, pp. 29-36, Minute by Marquis Wellesley 2nd Sept. 1803; pp. 106-8, Minute by Lord Minto 1st Jan. 1807, and, pp. 119-53, Correspondence concerning the misbehaviour of the students Charles Tucker and Henry Wakeman 8th Feb. 1808 to 6th Sept. 1809. (3) pp. 37-44, Court's Orders to Bengal 15th June 1805 respecting supply to the Oriental Repository at the India House of Oriental Manuscripts, Tipu Sultan's Library, Collection of Coins by the Mint and Assay Master and Transmission of copies of books published in Calcutta. (4) pp. 185-399, Printed copies of the ''Public Disputations of the Students of the College of Fort William,'' together with the Governor-General's (Lord Minto's) Discourses, 1808 and 1810-12. The subjects and the names of those taking part in the Disputations and the Governor-General's Speeches are given, but not the Disputations.

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British Library: Asian and African Studies
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Q/ISC/67
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Language
English
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1 volume
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College at Fort William Bengal; the supply of materials for the Oriental Repository at East India House.