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Tipu, 1750-1799 (Sultan of Mysore)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1750 - 1799

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

 Series

31 LETTER BOOKS OF MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM MEDOWS (1738- 1813); 'COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF HIS MAJESTY'S AND THE HONOURABLE COMPANY'S FORCES ON THE COAST OF MALABAR', CONTAINING COPIES OF LETTERS, IN UNIDENTIFIED HANDS, SENT BY AND TO MEDOWS., 1789-02 - 1795-07

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/1849/FP/31
Scope and Contents These notebooks and letters contain topographical information about the location and dimensions of a historically significant early fort constructed in the time of the East India Company, the fort of Tellicherry in Kerala. The letter books document repairs made in 1786 to the buildings and fortifications following the relief of the Siege of Tellicherry (which had been attacked by Tipu Sultan). The East India Company, allied with sections of local Hindu society (in particular the Nairs and...
Dates: 1789-02 - 1795-07
 Fonds

Correspondence and papers of Neil Benjamin Edmonstone (1765-1841)

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7616
Scope and Contents

Letters, mostly from Neil Edmondstone to family members, amnay from India. Also includes some other family correspondence, other papers and a copy of an autobiography of Sir Archibald Edmondstone.

Dates: 1783-1817
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

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Archives and MSS Dept. (GBR/0012) 1
 
Type
Archival Object 1
Collection 1
 
Subject
Astronomical phenomena 1
Fortifications 1
Kerala (state) 1
Mathematics 1