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Report on the British Indian Army, 1943
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Packet No 9: Papers relating to British India. Letters to Earl Cornwallis from J....
Catalogue reference: PRO 30/11/9
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- 1786 Jan-1786 Dec
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Packet No 9: Papers relating to British India. Letters to Earl Cornwallis from J. Addison, Lieut. James Anderson, Wm. Armstrong, Lieut. H. L. Berkely, Rev. Thomas Blanshard, J. P. Burlton, Sir Archibald Campbell, Lieut. W. Cosby, Major E. Curfy, T. H. Davies, Colonel Floyd, James Grant (Resident at Benares), Colonel Gabriel Harpur (Resident at Lucknow), Samuel Kyle, Samuel Johnstone, Charles Warre Malet (Resident at Poona), Captain Monson, Captain Robert Ogle, R. J. Perreau, J. M. Playdell, Lieut.-Col. Anthony Polier, Robert Percival Pott, William Prescott, Lieut. G. Robinson, Capt. Richard Scott, Archibald Seton, George Shee, Lt.-Gen. Robert Sloper, George Smith, Robert Orme Smith, Major Watson, William Wroughton, Sir George Yonge (Secretary at War). Also many letters to John McPherson, the retiring Governor-General.
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Charles Cornwallis: Papers
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