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Wellesley Papers No. 16

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Title

Wellesley Papers No. 16

Date

1796-1800

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(1) pp. ii-ix, List of Contents. (2) Jonathan Duncan. pp. 1-2, 25-6, 71-5, 119-21, 135-6, 163-8, 191-2, 215-9, 227-35, 243-5, 253-6, 275-7, 285-7, 301-2, 309-11, 317-9, 337-9, 359-61, 367, 371-3, 379-92, 425-8, 473-7, to Marquis Wellesley 4th April to 29th May 1800, Claims of Major-Gen. Robert Nicholson, Persian, Muskat, Aden, Cochin, Travancore and Gujerat Affairs, Mehedy Ally Khan, Malabar Regulations, Reported death of Zemaun Shah, Treaty with Nussur-ud-Din, Khan of Surat, and British annexation of Surat, Appointment of Edward Galley as Collector of Surat and Regulation of Justice, Constitution of Bombay Government and arrangements during absence of the Governor, Lovett's Mission to Cutch and Muskat relative to Tipu Sultan's Factories, Gaikwar and the siege of Ahmedabad; pp. 79-88, to Capt. Kirkpatrick (Resident with the Nizam at Hyderabad) 12th April 1800, Nizam's intrigues in Surat, with Surat letters; pp. 91-2, to Col. [William] Kirkpatrick 14th April 1800; pp. 95-6, to Samuel Manisty 14th April 1800; pp. 123, to Mehedy Ally Khan 12th April 1800; pp. 159-62, to Major Macaulay (Resident at Travancore) 16th April 1800; pp. 207-8, to Earl of Elgin 24th April 1800; pp. 211-3, to Capt. John Malcolm 26th April 1800; pp. 403-22, to Daniel Seton and Council, Surat 4th June and 23rd Aug. 1799 relative to Company's Servants acting as Sheriff's Officers at Surat. (3) pp. 5-6, Major-Gen. Robert Nicholson to Duncan 25th Jan. 1800. (4) pp. 9-10, Gen. J. Stuart to Duncan 3rd Feb. 1800. (5) pp. 13, 21-3, 223-6, Minutes to Bombay Council Proceedings 3rd, 4th and 26th April 1800. (6) pp. 17-20, Col. Arthur Wellesley to Duncan 13th March 1800, Instructions relative to his Command of Bombay troops in Canara and Malabar (not included in Gurwood's Despatches). (7) pp. 29-50, 171-80, Samuel Manisty (Resident at Bussora) to Duncan 5th March 1800, with Correspondence with the London Secret Committee, the Earl of Elgin, Sir William Sidney Smith (Commanding H.M. Fleet on coast of Egypt), Capt. John Malcolm and Commodore J. Blankett. (8) pp. 53-67, Harford Jones (Agent at Baghdad) to Duncan 6th March 1800, with Correspondence with Henry Dundas, Directors, Capt. John Malcolm, and John Milne (Factory Surgeon at Bussora). (9) pp. 100-5, J. H. Spence to Duncan 6th April 1800, Island of Angar. (10) J. H. Lovett (Deputed to Cutch and Muskat). pp. 107-15, 237-40, 257-70, 305, 431-47, 459-66, to Duncan 2nd April to 12th May 1800; to Futteh Mahomed (Dewan to the Raja of Cutch) 13th April 1800. (11) pp. 123-31, Surgeon Archibald Bogle (Agent at Muskat) to Duncan 19th March and 2nd April 1800. (12) pp. 139-55, Correspondence between Duncan and the Raja of Travancore 3rd Sept. 1797 to 29th Dec. 1800. (13) pp. 183-8, Lieut.-Col. J. Murray (Commanding at Aden) to Duncan 9th Feb. 1800, with Correspondence with J. Bugden (at Jedda), the Sultan of Aden and the Imaum of Senna. (14) pp. 195-204, Earl of Elgin to Duncan 20th Feb. 1800, French evacuation of Egypt, Turkish grant of Consular Barat to Manisty at Bussora. (15) pp. 247-9, 341, James Augustus Grant (Private Secretary to Duncan) to Robert Rickards 8th and 16th May 1800, Arrangements at Bombay during the absence of the Governor. (16) pp. 279-83, A. Ramsay (at Surat) to Duncan 12th May 1800, with Jeypur Akhbars. (17) pp. 293-5, Government of Bombay's Proclamation 15th May 1800, Annexation of Surat under the Treaty of 13th May 1800. (18) pp. 297-300, Mr. De Lima e Souza to Duncan 18th May 1800, Sepoy disturbances on the annexation of Surat. (19) pp. 313-6, Printed Extracts from the London Gazette 6th Jan. 1800 with Letters (in French and translated) from MM. Ch. Mau. Talleyrand and Bonaparte dated 25th Dec. 1799 to Lord Grenville, and Grenville's reply of 4th Jan. 1800, Overtures for Peace. (20) pp. 321-31, 345-6, Robert Rickards (Secretary to Bombay Government) to J. A. Grant 16th May 1800, with Minutes by James Rivett and William Page on the Constitution of the Bombay Government; pp. 333-5, Duncan's Minute on the same 19th May 1800. (21) p. 363, Aga Ibraheem Karzanee to Jaffeir Ally Khan 10th April 1800, Return of Tipu Sultan's Vakils from Teheran. (22) p. 375, Intelligence from Jedda 22nd May 1800. (23) pp. 395-9, H. F. Constable (Company's Solicitor) to Duncan 24th Feb. 1796, British Law in Surat. (24) pp. 449-55, Futteh Mahommed (Dewan of Raja of Kutch) to J. H. Lovett 17th April 1800, with Lovett's Sunnud and Hookumnameh to Shuker ullah Khan Shereef and Soonderjee Shuvjee to be Darogahs of Tipu's Factories at Asof and Mullickuttijar. (25) pp. 469-70, Dherjee Ram (at Brodera) to Gopaul Dass Munshurdas (at Surat) 27th May 1800, Death of Meer Sahib.

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