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East Indies Series 74.
Catalogue reference: IOR/H/166
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- IOR/H/166
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Title (The name of the record)
- East Indies Series 74.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1777-1781
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Description (What the record is about)
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(1) pp. 1-9, 39-41, 47-52, 75, 131-2, 241-7, 269-79, 287-90, 329-36, 367-71, Sir Edward Hughes to Lord Weymouth 2nd July 1777 to 4th June 1780. (2) pp. 13, 43-4, 67-79, 135-50, 213-4, 225-7, 249-54, Sir Edward Vernon to Lord Weymouth 29th June 1777 to 30th April 1779. (3) pp. 17-30, Lord Weymouth to Lord Sandwich 8th April 1778, with copy of letter of same date to Sir Edward Vernon and cypher duplicate. (4) pp. 21-2, 31-2, 103-5, 171, Lord Weymouth to Sir Edward Vernon 8th April 1778 to 23rd March 1779. (5) pp. 35, 191-2, 199-200, 313, 351, 429, 445, Routine or Formal Letters. (6) pp. 55-8, Nawab of Arcot to the King 30th Sept. 1777. (7) pp. 59-66, Nawab of Arcot to Lord Weymouth 15th Sept. 1777. (8) pp. 81-4, 203-9, Lord Weymouth to Hughes 28th Dec. 1778 and 9th July 1779. (9) pp. 87-93, Instructions to Hughes 23rd Dec. 1778. (10) pp. 95-7, 305-7, The King to Nawab of Arcot 23rd Dec. 1778 and 2nd Oct. 1780. (11) pp. 99-101, 107-8, 175-7, Lord Weymouth to Nawab of Arcot 23rd Dec. 1778 to 23rd March 1779. (12) pp. 111-28, 179, Hughes to Sir Stanier Porten 15th Jan. to 22nd March 1779, Originals. (13) pp. 131-2, Hughes to Lord Weymouth 25th Feb. 1779, Private letter in favour of a French prisoner, Original. (14) pp. 151-70, Capitulation of Pondicherry 17th Oct. 1778. (15) p. 183, Secretary of State's approval of Directors' Draft Letter. (16) p. 187, Admiralty to Hughes 2nd June 1779, Request return of three ships. (17) pp. 217-9, Admiral Vernon and Hector Munro to Lord Weymouth 5th Dec. 1778 relative to possible claim by the Company to booty taken at Pondicherry, with Extract from the Company's Letters Patent of 14th Jan. 1758 on the subject of Booty. (18) pp. 229-32, Madras Council to Vernon 8th July 1778. (19) pp. 233-4, Bombay Council to Vernon 18th June 1778. (20) pp. 257-67, 283-4, 301-3, 317-26, 347-9, 355-65, 449-54, Lord Hillsborough to Hughes 3rd Feb. 1780--30th May 1781. (21) pp. 293-5, Hyder Ali to Governor Rumbold of Madras 19th March 1780. (22) pp. 297-8, Vernon's Disbursements for Intelligence. (23) pp. 309-11, The King to the Sultan of Mindanao 2nd Oct. 1780. (24) pp. 337-9, 385-7, Hughes to Capt. Robert Barbor of H.M.S. Belleisle 6th April 1780. (25) pp. 341-6, 377-81, Proceedings of Madras Council 31st May 1780 relative to recall of some of Hughes' squadron. (26) p. 375, Hughes to Governor John Whitehill 30th May 1780. (27) pp. 389-410, 457-82, Hughes to Lord Hillsborough 15th Oct. 1780 and 2nd Jan. 1781. (28) pp. 413-4, Account of Hyder Ali's Force, Total 86,860 men. (29) pp. 417-21, Hughes to Governor-General and Bengal Council 14th Sept. 1780. (30) pp. 425-6, Lord Hillsborough to Lord Advocate of Scotland, Chairman of the Committee of Secrecy, 9th May 1781. (31) pp. 443-51, Advices from Bombay 11th Jan. 1781, Capture of Bassein by Goddard and Hartley. (32) pp. 485-587, Enclosures to Hughes' Letter of 2nd Jan. 1781 to Lord Hillsborough, Maintenance of Tellicherry, Naval operations against Hyder Ali, Expedition against Arnaul, Correspondence with Tellicherry, Bengal, Madras and Bombay and with Sir Eyre Coote and Gen. Goddard.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- British Library: Asian and African Studies
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- IOR/A/2/28
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 volume
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Unrestricted
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/c0b71940-9165-4e24-abb3-55a81b17248a/
Series information
IOR/H/93-190
East Indies Series
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East Indies Series 74.