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East Indies Series 7.

Catalogue reference: IOR/H/99

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Reference
IOR/H/99
Title
East Indies Series 7.
Date
1732-1768
Description

(1) pp. 1-5, Lord Shelburne to Company 27th Jan. 1768 reproving the Company for allowing French garrisons in Bengal; pp. 7-8, Company's apology 5th Feb. 1768; pp. 213-5, 225-7, Correspondence with Lord Weymouth regarding French force in India and attempts to re-establish themselves, including (pp. 221-4) Capt. Charles Mears of the Egmont's report upon Mauritius; pp. 271-335, Papers (1765-68) submitted to Lord Weymouth relative to the French in India, including accounts of Mauritius and Bourbon by Capt. Gab. Steward of the Neptune (pp. 319-21, about 480 words), Capt. Charles Mears of the Egmont (pp. 323-4, about 350 words) and Charles Desvoeux (pp. 327-9, about 420 words). (2) pp. 11-2, Queen Charlotte to Muhammad Ali, thanking him for his present 6th Feb. 1768. (3) pp. 15, 17, 43, 101-2, 113, 129, 189, 217, 249, Routine or Formal Letters. (4) Advices from Madras. pp. 19-25, 13th Sept. 1767, Col. Joseph Smith's campaign against Hyder Ali; pp. 27-8, Smith's letter 16th Sept. 1767; pp. 31-7, 21st Sept. 1767, War with Hyder Ali and the Subah (Bazalet Jung); pp. 47-54, Defeat of Hyder Ali and the Subah by Smith, The Mysoreans plunder the environs of Madras; pp. 57-66, Smith's letter 3rd Oct. 1767, Battle of Changama (about 1,700 words), Gallantry of the Sepoys; pp. 69-74, 4th Nov. 1767, Proposed enlistment of Black Cavalry; pp. 193-6, 11th May 1768, Intrigues of Hyder Ali with the French. (5) Advices from Bengal. pp. 39-40, 6th Oct. 1767, Reinforcements for Madras; p. 133, 24th March 1768, Treaty between Madras and the Subah Nizam Ali; pp. 137-43, Purport of the Treaty. (6) Right of Spain to trade to the East Indies via the Cape. pp. 77-8, 117-21, Company to Lord Shelburne 21st May and 22nd June 1768; pp. 81-5, 125-8, Company's Memorial to Duke of Newcastle 10th May 1732; pp. 89-97, Dutch Memorial on same subject and date. (7) Advices from Bombay. pp. 105-8, Madras letter to Bombay 12th Dec. 1767, War with Hyder Ali and the Subah of the Deccan; pp. 108-9, 24th Jan. 1768, Treaty between Hyder Ali and the Subah. (8) pp. 145-87, 203-6, Company to Lord Weymouth 28th Oct. 1768, Complaint against Dutch behaviour in Java in reference to the Tartar Brigantine, Capt. Burrington Netherton (Private Trader), Papers and correspondence. (9) pp. 199-202, Claims for sustenance and protection by the English made by a ''Shaick of Dervises'' near Madras 17th Nov. 1768. (10) pp. 209-10, Correspondence with Lord Weymouth regarding complaints at Constantinople by the Bacha of Babylon and the Sherif of Mecca 28th Nov. 1768. (11) pp. 229-48, 339-48, Correspondence with Lord Weymouth regarding Memorial presented by M. Chatelet Lomont, Ambassador Extraordinary from the French East India Company, regarding the English Company's claim for expenses for the subsistence of French prisoners 15th Dec. 1768. (12) pp. 253-6, Company to Lord Weymouth 16th Dec. 1768, Company's intended occupation of Balambangan; pp. 259-61, Company's orders to Bombay 4th Nov. 1768; pp. 263-8, Cession of Territory to the English by Sultan Alamodin of Sulu (i.e. Balambangan, part of Borneo, Island of Palawan and other islands to the north of Borneo).

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IOR/A/1/55
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English
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IOR/H/93-190

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