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East Indies Series 10.

Catalogue reference: IOR/H/102

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IOR/H/102
Title
East Indies Series 10.
Date
1769-1770
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(1) pp. 1-6, Letters from George III and Queen Charlotte to Nawab of Arcot 3rd Jan. 1770 thanking him for his presents, recommending to him the King's Plenipotentiary Sir John Lindsay and sending presents; pp. 445-7, George III to the Nawab 27th June 1770 asking him as Representative of the King to invest Sir John Lindsay with the Order of the Bath. (2) pp. 9, 93, 103, 107-8, 119, 293, 307, 325-6, 335, 449-50, 453-67, 475, 489, 509, 537, 547, 569-83, 591, 595, Routine or Formal Letters 1770. (3) pp. 13-4, 309-10, Company's claims for expenses of subsistence of French prisoners, Letters from Mr. Ant. Chamier 1770. (4) pp. 17-8, 67-8, 76-9, Correspondence regarding proposed English settlement in Balambangan; pp. 21-40, Company's case against the Spanish claims to Sooloo; pp. 43-8, Claim made by the Spanish Governor of Manila; pp. 49-51, Sultan Allamoodeen's cession of Bangnay to Mr. Dalrymple; pp. 55-63, Dalrymple's defence of the Company's claim; pp. 71-2, A. Dalrymple to Lord Weymouth 27th March 1770, Original; pp. 337-60, Advices from Bombay 30th Nov. 1769 relative to the expedition to occupy Balambangan, Letters from Capt. Savage Trotter with remarks on Sooloo, Borneo, Mindanao, Celebes, and other Islands and on the oppressive behaviour of the Dutch (about 4,500 words); pp. 359-60, Sultan Allamoodeen's cession of North Borneo to the English. (5) pp. 81-9, Col. George Monson to--11th April 1770 (Original) advising that the Company's servants in India should strictly confine themselves to trade, that only such military force should be maintained as is necessary for safety, and that a conciliatory attitude should be maintained towards the Native Princes; pp. 115-7, Col. Monson to Lord Weymouth 29th April 1770 (Original) excusing himself from going to India unless in command of the Royal troops; pp. 289-90, Lord Weymouth's reply 2nd May 1770 that this is impossible in justice to Eyre Coote, Original. (6) pp. 95-8, Advices from Madras up to 25th Sept. 1769, Famine in Bengal, Treaty with Hyder Ali, French fortifications at Pondicherry; pp. 493-8, 31st Jan. 1770, Hyder Ali, under the Treaty, requires English assistance against the Marathas; pp. 501-6, 6th Feb. 1770, with Letter from Nawab of Arcot to King George III sending a picture of himself and his children; pp. 543-5, 6th April 1770, with Intelligence from Capt. David Mitchell of the Fox and John Lennox of the Anson. (7) pp. 96-100, 123-5, 295-303, 313-22, 329-32, 363-7, Disputes with the French in Bengal regarding their alleged fortification of Chandernagore, Correspondence between the Bengal Council and Monsieur Jean Baptiste Chevalier, Reports of the Chief Engineers Lieut. Cols. Archibald Campbell and Fleming Martin, Orders of Mohamed Reza Cawn, Interference with Trade by the Muggs in 1769 (p. 247); pp. 371-417, Review of the conduct of the French in Bengal since their re-establishment in that Province by the Treaty of Paris in 1763; pp. 419-42, Abstract of Proceedings of the Bengal Council relative to the Ditch round Chandernagore. (8) pp. 111-2, Advices from Canton 20th Nov. 1769, French force in the East. (9) pp. 471, 479-82, Intelligence from the Cape of Good Hope 23rd March and -- April 1770, French forces; p. 485, List of foreign ships touching at the Cape 23rd April 1768--22nd March 1769. (10) pp. 471-2, Intelligence from St. Helena 6th April, 7th and 18th May 1770, French forces. (11) pp. 509-29, Observations of John Call on the Island of Mauritius; pp. 533, 535, Plans of Port Louis. (12) pp. 539-40, Monsieur Behr to Col. Stewart 9th Oct. 1770, The King forbids recruiting for the Company's service in Hanover (in French). (13) pp. 551-5, Advices from Bombay 26th April 1770, Hyder Ali and the Marathas. (14) pp. 559-62, 587-9, Advices from Bengal 17th Feb. and 18th March 1770, Danger of alliance between Shuja-ud-daula, Cossim Ali and the Marathas, Spanish breaches of the Treaty of Munster. (15) pp. 565-6, Lord Weymouth to Directors 24th Oct. 1770, Danger of rupture with Spain owing to the expulsion of the English from Port Egmont in the Falkland Islands by the Governor of Buenos Ayres; pp. 603-5, do. do. 7th Dec. 1770, Warning them to be prepared to seize the French Settlements on the Continent of India immediately on the outbreak of war. (16) pp. 599-601; Lord Weymouth to Lieut-General of the Ordnance 5th Dec. 1770, to reconsider the request of the Company for three Companies of Artillery. (17) pp. 607-14, Directors to Lord Rochford 21st Dec. 1770, Protest against impressment by Capt. Schomberg of the Company's crews provided with Admiralty protection, Reply maintaining Capt. Schomberg's action, but promising fresh protections. (18) pp. 617-9, Mr. [Captain John] Purling's Remarks on the Navigation in India 28th Dec. 1770. In December 1770 one John Purling was Deputy Chairman.

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IOR/A/1/79
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Language
English
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