Correspondence, 1804 June 21 and June 28.

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Correspondence, 1804 June 21 and June 28.

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Correspondence to Lord Melville regarding shipbuilding in India. One memo dated 21 June 1804 and one letter dated 28 June 1804. With the letter are 3 enclosures (19 1/2 p.) prepared by Paul Tate respecting timbers collected by Hyder Ally to build Men of War, the local advantages of Pegu for shipbuilding, and timbers in Travancore and Cochin.

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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Tate, Paul, 19th cent.

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Dundas, Philip, -1870

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Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811

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Henry Dundas, the first Viscount Melville (1742-1811), statesman, was the father of Robert Saunders Dundas, the second Viscount Melville (1771-1851), also a statesman. Henry Dundas was educated at Edinburgh High School and University, before becoming solicitor-general for Scotland in 1766. He was M.P. for Midlothian 1774-1790, except for a few months in 1782, when he sat for Newtown, Isle of Wight. He was lord advocate 1775-1783, lord rector of Glasgow University 1781-1783, privy councillor, and...