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The Burmese War 1823-1828.

Catalogue reference: IOR/H/661

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IOR/H/661
Title
The Burmese War 1823-1828.
Date
1824-1827
Description

(1) pp. 1-309, Madras, Bombay and Prince of Wales Island. Letters to the Secret Committee or the Court of Directors, relating to the Burmese War 5th March 1824 to 25th Jan. 1827. (2) pp. i-ii, List of Contents. (3) pp. 1-4, 13-4, 265-7, Bombay (Mountstuart Elphinstone) Secret Letters to the Secret Committee 20th March 1824 to 23rd April 1826. (4) pp. 9-10, 53, George Swinton (Secretary in the Secret, Political and Foreign Departments) to W. Newnham 5th March 1824. (5) p. 17, Cutting from Supplement to [Calcutta] Government Gazette 8th March 1824, Lord Amherst's Proclamation of reasons for War with the Burmese Government of Ava. (See H/662 (22).) (6) pp. 21-5, 37, 127, 135-43, 155, 197, 201-2, 261, 277, 281, 293, 297, 309, Madras (Sir Thomas Munro) Secret Letters to Court of Directors 28th Jan. 1825 to 5th Dec. 1826. (7) pp. 29-33, 285-90, Prince of Wales Island (Robert Fullerton) Secret Letters to Court of Directors 4th Aug. 1825 to 16th Oct. 1826, Relations with Ligore and Siam. (8) pp. 41, 115, 131, 139, 151, 159-63, 273, 301-2, 305, David Hill (Chief Secretary, Madras) to Joseph Dart (Secretary to the Secret Committee) 14th Oct. 1825 to 25th Feb. 1827. (9) pp. 45-6, 81-7, 167-8, 178-82, 185-9, 193-4, 249-56, Brig.-Gen. Willoughby Cotton (Commanding Madras Troops in Ava) to David Hill, with, pp. 48-51, 107-11, Terms of Armistice arranged by Lieut.-Col. F. S. Tiddy and Lieut. William Smith of H.M.S. Alligator 17th Sept. 1825. (10) pp. 59, 147, 269, W. Newnham (Chief Secretary, Bombay) to Joseph Dart 5th Nov. 1825 to 30th May 1826. (11) pp. 61-83, 87-9, Brig.-Gen. Archibald Campbell (Commanding the British Forces in Ava and Political Agent) to George Swinton 7th and 19th Sept. 1825. (12) pp. 91-4, 99-103, Lieut.-Col. F. S. Tiddy (Deputy Adjutant-General) and Lieut. William Smith of H.M.S. Alligator (Commanding the Light Division) to Brig.-Gen. Sir A. Campbell 12th and 18th Sept. 1825. (13) pp. 95-8, Lieut.-Col. F. S. Tiddy to Brig.-Gen. Campbell 12th Sept. 1825 (14) pp. 168-70, 186-7, Col. J. Hunter Blair (Commanding at Prome) to the Deputy Adjutant-General 3rd and 14th April 1826. (15) p. 190, Lieut.-Col. J. Brooke (Commanding the Land Column) to the Deputy Quartermaster-General 16th April 1826. (16) pp. 205-7, Governor-General (Lord Amherst) and Council to Madras Council 11th April 1826; pp. 241-5, Madras Council to Lord Amherst 25th April 1826, Mutual Congratulations on re-establishment of Peace. (17) pp. 209-38, Extract from the Government Gazette Extraordinary 11th April 1826, Proclamation on the re-establishment of Peace.

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British Library: Asian and African Studies
Former department reference
Letter 749
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Language
English
Physical description
1 volume
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