East Indies Series 78.

(1) pp. 1-68, Eyre Coote to Lord Hillsborough 31st Aug. and 25th Sept. 1782, The war with Hyder Ali. (2) pp. 71-5, 83-90, 133-50, 161-79, 193-218, 235-40, 247-69, 279-80, 385-90, 441-7, 465-77, 495-8, 503-42, 563-5, 573-82, 647-59, Eyre Coote to Madras Council 31st Jan. to 26th Sept. 1782. (3) pp. 79-81, 91-5, 123-30, 219-21. 283-5, 291-308, 333-6, 393-4, 425-37, 449-53, 643-5, 661-6, Eyre Coote to Governor-General and Supreme Council 3rd Feb. to 22nd Aug. 1782. (4) pp. 99-103, 114-20, 481-6, Governor-General and Supreme Council to Eyre Coote 11th March to 7th Sept. 1782. (5) pp. 104-14, 329-30, 337-47, Governor-General and Supreme Council to Madras Council 11th March to 4th July 1782. (6) pp. 153-5, John Brathwaite to Eyre Coote 30th April 1782, His treatment as a prisoner by Hyder Ali, Kindness of Hyder Ali's Brahmans, Possibility of friendship. (7) pp. 157-9, Eyre Coote to Brathwaite 3rd May 1782. (8) pp. 181-91, 311-7, 325-9, 457-61, 555-6, Madras Council to Eyre Coote 6th May to 25th Sept. 1782. (9) pp. 223-4, Nawab of Arcot to Officers and Inhabitants of the Payen Ghat 18th May 1782. (10) pp. 231-3, Nawab of Arcot to Eyre Coote, 15th May 1782. (11) pp. 243, 319-23, Eyre Coote to John Sulivan 19th May and 27th June 1782. (12) pp. 271-5, Proceedings of a Council of War 29th May 1782, Eyre Coote, James Stuart and Ross Lang. (13) pp. 287-8, 639-42, Eyre Coote to Col. F. Mackenzie Humberston 12th June and 31st May 1782. (14) pp. 349-64, Nawab of Arcot to Lord Macartney 17th Aug. 1782. (15) pp. 365-71, 397-423, John Sulivan to Eyre Coote 10th and 23rd July 1782. (16) pp. 371-83, John Sulivan to Gen. Medows, Lord Macartney, Col. Nixon, Col. Humberston and the Officer commanding troops in convoy. (17) pp. 487-8, David Anderson to Governor-General 20th Aug. 1782. (18) pp. 491-2, James Stuart to Madras Council 8th Sept. 1782; pp. 499-500, Stuart's Journal 9th to 15th Aug. 1782. (19) Proceedings of the Madras Select Committee. pp. 545-51, 22nd Sept. 1782, Expedition against Cuddalore; 559-60, 25th Sept. 1782, Reinforcements for Negapatam. (20) pp. 567-70, Sir Edward Hughes to Eyre Coote 25th Sept. 1782, Expedition against Cuddalore. (21) pp. 585-91, Correspondence between Eyre Coote and Hyder Ali 22nd June to 20th July 1782. (22) pp. 595-617, Conversation between Hyder Ali and Shinas Rao 14th and 15th July 1782, Reasons why Hyder Ali made war on the English. A version of this is printed in Forrest's Foreign Department Selections, III, pp. 885 et seq. See H/171 (6). (23) pp. 619-24, Agreement between Nawab of Arcot and Raja of Mysore, Cession of Trichinopoly. (24) pp. 627-31, Capt. James Hughes to Eyre Coote 6th April 1782, Surrender of Cuddalore to the French. (25) pp. 635-6, Thomas Graham to Governor-General, Madras, 28th Aug. 1782. (26) pp. 669-76, Col. Humberston to Eyre Coote 28th April 1782, Military affairs on the Malabar coast. The whole volume is concerned with the war with Hyder Ali.

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