India and East India Company Papers, 1691-1830

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India and East India Company Papers, 1691-1830

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/692313784

This collection contains over 55 documents including miscellaneous legal papers, correspondence, receipts, and extracts largely relating to the East India Company's operations and employees; three documents relating to Muhammad Ali Khan Wallajah, the Nabob of Arcot (1745-1795); manuscripts relating to Sir Robert Chambers (1737-1803), who traveled to India in 1774 as one of the first justices of the Supreme Court at Calcutta; and a petition written by the wife of Almas Ali Khan, an important administrator in Awadh and one of the key figures in the trial of Warren Hastings. These manuscripts seem to have formerly been part of Sir Thomas Phillipps' noted collection.

55 items (0.5 lin. ft.)

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7993717

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872

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English antiquary and collector. He began collecting while at Rugby School and Oxford. On inheriting his father's estate at Middle Hill in Worcestershire, Phillipps embarked on a career of collecting manuscripts and books. His collection of manuscripts eventually numbered over 60,000 items. During Continental trips in the 1820s Phillipps bought heavily, and back in England he continued to do so, often buying up entire estate libraries at auction. He collected Eastern, Greek and Lat...

East India Company

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The East India Company (formally called the Governor and Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East Indies (1600-1708) and the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies (1708-1873)), was an English company formed for the exploitation of the spice trade in East and Southeast Asia and India. It was incorporated by Royal Charter in December 1600. From the guide to the East India Company, 1647, 1647, (Senate House Library, University of London) ...

Child, Josiah, Sir, 1630-1699

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Chambers, Robert, Sir, 1737-1803

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1754 admitted to the Middle Temple; 1761 called to the bar; 1762 Vinerian fellow; 1766 Vinerian professor, principal of New Inn Hall; 1768 member of the Literary Club; 1774-1783 judge in Bengal; 1777 knighthood; 1783-1791 acting chief justice of Bengal; 1791-1799 chief justice of Bengal; 1797 president of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Epithet: judge Title: Knight British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/8105...

Paull, James, 1770-1808

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