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...