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Packet No 8: Papers relating to British India. (a) Letters to Earl Cornwallis from...
Catalogue reference: PRO 30/11/8
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- 1786 Jan-1786 July
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Packet No 8: Papers relating to British India. (a) Letters to Earl Cornwallis from Rob. Boyd, Sir George Colebrook, W. Conyngham, A. Dalrymple, Duke of Gordon, James Grant (resident at Benares), Warren Hastings, John McPherson, James Meyrick, Thos. Morton, John Willes (resident at Furruckabad), W. Wodsworth, Sir Geo. Yonge; (b) Official correspondence of Mr. Robert Percival Pott); (c) Letters from the War Office; (d) Printed forms of covenants and bonds used in the establishments of the East India Company; (e) Miscellaneous papers.
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PRO 30/11
Charles Cornwallis: Papers
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