Letter books, 1781 Oct. 7-1782 Jan. 13.

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Letter books, 1781 Oct. 7-1782 Jan. 13.

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Volume 1 contains almost chiefly correspondence with John Brathwaite. It also contains an account entitled "One month's pay for the Garrison.". Vol. 2 contains copies of letters from General Munro to the commanding officers of the Southward from 24 October 1781 to 13 January 1782. Vol. 2 also contains "Questions proposed to the Rajah of Tanjore by Sir Hector Munro at a Conference held at the Palace January 6, 1782 with the Rajah's answer, etc." Vol. 3 contains copies of letters from officers commanding the Southward to General Munro from 7 October 1781 to 12 January 1782. Vol. 3 also contains "Translate (sic) of a Persian letter from Aykbar Cawn to Colonel Nixon dated Trichinopoly 7 January 1782." Names of individuals corresponding with Munro include: John Brathwaite, Col. Nixon, the Raja of Tanjore, Ensign Godfrey, Gov. Abbestie, Richard Scott, Basil Cochrane, Aykbar Cawn, Charles Salmon, Robert Gibbings, John Galway and Samuel Crump.

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Munro, Hector, Sir, 1726-1805.

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General. Commanded the 89th regiment out to Bombay in 1761; commanded the Madras Army in 1778 and took Pondicherry from the French; engaged in the field against Hyder Ali, 1780-81; commanded a division in Sir Eyre Coote's victory at Porto Novo, July 1, 1781; captured Negapatam, Nov. 1781; returned to England, 1782. From the description of Letter books, 1781 Oct. 7-1782 Jan. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122569696 ...

Galway, John

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Abbestie, Gov.

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Godfrey, Samuel E., 1782-1818

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Salmon, Charles, Lieut.

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Scott, Richard A. (Richard Albert), 1921-

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Akbar Khan, 1912-

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Cochrane, Basil, 1753-1826

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Brathwaite, John

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Taljaji, Raja of Tanjore, d.1787

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Crump, Samuel

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Gibbings, Robert J.

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