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East Indies Series 69.

Catalogue reference: IOR/H/161

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Reference
IOR/H/161
Title
East Indies Series 69.
Date
1781-1782
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(1) pp. 1, 147, 161, 171, 191-2, 215, 583, 617, 629, 631, 635, 639, 647, Routine or Formal Letters. (2) p. 3, List of Papers presented to Lord Shelburne 20th May 1782, From Lord Macartney. (3) pp. 5-143, Lord Macartney to Directors, Eight Letters 31st July to 31st Oct. 1781, State of the Carnatic and War with Hyder Ali. (4) Drafts of Letters submitted to Lord Shelburne. pp. 151-9, 23rd May 1782, To Nawab of Arcot and to Raja of Tanjore; pp. 163-9, 24th May 1782, To Bengal, Madras and Bombay. (5) Intelligence. pp. 175-7, From Capt. Wilkinson of the Surprise 28th May 1782, French reinforcements for India; pp. 611-4, 621-4, From the Cape February 1782, French and Dutch Forces at the Cape. (6) pp. 179-82, Robert Ainslie (Ambassador at Constantinople) to W. D. Latouche 29th May 1782, Despatches tampered with en route. See Article on overland route by Professor H. L. Hoskins in History January 1925. (7) pp. 187-8, Robert Gregory (Chairman of Directors) to Lord Shelburne 30th May 1782 (Original). (8) pp. 195-200, Major-General W. Medows to Lord Hillsborough 3rd Dec. 1781 and 7th Jan. 1782 (Originals). (9) pp. 205-12, Extracts of Letters from Bombay to Latouche at Basra 8th, 27th and 31st Jan. 1782. (10) pp. 219-30, Capitulation of Negapatam 12th Nov. 1781. (11) pp. 233-9, Agreement between Hyder Ali and the Dutch. (12) pp. 241-97, Eyre Coote to Lord Hillsborough 25th Jan. 1782, War with Hyder Ali and the Dutch, with, pp. 301-558, relevant papers including the Capitulation of Negapatam in November 1781, the Agreement between Hyder Ali and Reynier van Vlissingen (Governor and Director at Negapatam) in English and Dutch 4th Sept. 1781. Agreement between Coote and Admiral Hughes, n.d., Council of War 30th Dec. 1780 and correspondence between Eyre Coote, Arthur Cuthbert (Secretary to Admiral Hughes), Brigadier-General Thomas Goddard, Warren Hastings (and Bengal Council), Sir Edward Hughes, Madras Council (Governors Charles Smith and George Lord Macartney), Sir Hector Munro, Lieut.-Col. Eccles Nixon, Lieut.-Col. Arthur Owen and Brigadier-General James Stuart; pp. 559-79, Casualty and other Returns. (13) pp. 587-607, Bengal Council to Directors 29th Dec. 1781, Hastings' visit to Benares and Commotions caused by Chet Singh, War with Hyder Ali and the Marathas, Negotiations with Nizam Ali and Berar, Peace with Sindhia. (14) p. 625, Advice from Latouche at Basra 5th June 1782, Projects for foreign trade via Suez or Basra. (15) pp. 643-4, Lord Shelburne's approval of Directors' Circular Letter to India 17th June 1782. (16) pp. 651-2, John O'Donnell to Lord Weymouth, Calcutta 20th Sept. 1782, Complaint of ill-treatment by the Turks in Egypt (Original).

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IOR/A/2/23
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English
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1 volume
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