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Reform of the Army in India: Correspondence between Committee of Company's Officers...
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- IOR/H/452
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Title (The name of the record)
- Reform of the Army in India: Correspondence between Committee of Company's Officers and Henry Dundas or the Court of Directors.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1794-1796
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(1) pp. i-ix, List of Contents, Practically all correspondence between the Committee of Company's Officers and H. Dundas or the Court. (2) Committee of Company's Officers' Letters, pp. 1-12, to William Devaynes (Chairman of Directors) 26th Aug. 1794; pp. 39-44, to Directors 29th Jan. 1795; pp. 17-22, 59-63, 83, 139-161, 175-8, 223-8, to Dundas 7th Nov. 1794 to 11th Jan. 1796. (3) Henry Dundas' letters, pp. 25-7, 131, to Committee of Officers 13th Nov. 1794 to 2nd Oct. 1795; pp. 65-80, to Sir Henry Augustus Montagu Cosby 26th Sept. 1795 (with G. Anderson's Estimates). (4) pp. 31-7, Sir Mark Wood to Sir Henry Cosby 27th Jan. 1795, Conversation with Cornwallis on his Plan. (5) p. 47, William Ramsay to Cosby 4th Feb. 1795. (6) pp. 51-8, Cosby to Dundas 5th Sept. 1795 (Original), with certain lists. (7) pp. 87-103, 115-7, 133-6, 178-99, 241-2, 267-81, 463-504, 513-70, Memoranda apparently largely by G. Anderson. (8) pp. 107-11, 171-3, 203-23, Papers concerning the Marine Battalion, Bombay. (9) pp. 119-28, Observations in a letter to Court by G. A. (? George Anderson). (10) pp. 163-8, J. Salmond to Dundas 19th Oct. 1795 (Original). (11) pp. 245-8, Bengal, Madras and Bombay Officers to Dundas March 1796; pp. 251-63, to Directors March 1796. (12) pp. 285-461, ''Original Papers elucidatory of the Claims preferred by the Officers of the Honourable Company's Army in India and Supplement'' (Printed), Stated by Mr. Meheux to be only part of the work published by the Officers. (13) p. 507, William Wright to--5th Oct. 1795 (Original).
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- British Library: Asian and African Studies
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- English
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- 1 volume
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Reform of the Army in India: Correspondence between Committee of Company's Officers and Henry Dundas or the Court of Directors.