Grenville family papers : Special subjects : India 1858-1885.

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Grenville family papers : Special subjects : India 1858-1885.

Miscellaneous papers concerning India and Indian affairs, including the visit of the Prince of Wales (1875); a report on a list of vessels lost at Madras harbor (1857-1877); a report on the Buckingham Canal (Kottapatam) Division during the Madras famine (1877-1878), various correspondence relating to Buckingham's governorship (ca. 1880); a report on the Red Hills Reservoir, by the Madras Public Works Department, 1886; various papers concerning the social life in British India.

Approx. 180 pieces.3 boxes.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7088222

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