Private letters: India, 1820-1867
Scope and Contents
Letters from places in India (excluding Bombay, Calcutta and Madras), with some from Ceylon, Persia and Burma. The correspondents include Robert Abercrombie; John Elliot Bingham (Royal Navy Commander, H.M.S. 'Acorn'); Christian Albrecht Bluhme; Ashley Eden; Robert Nesham Farquharson (opium agent, Behar); Viceroy at Goa; Henry Charles Hamilton (opium agent, Ghazeepore); Robert North Collie Hamilton; Hamilton, Brown and Co.; Hamilton, Higginson and Co.; P. Hansen (of the Danish Government at Tranquebar); [ ] Hermanson (of the Danish Government at Tranquebar); Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, 1st Baronet; Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy (Cursetjee Jamsetjee), 2nd Baronet; [ ] Jardine; David Jardine (partner, Jardine, Matheson and Co.); Joseph Jardine; Peter Johnson (Captain of the 'Hooghly'); J. Koefoed (Danish Government at Tranquebar); Thomas Bruce Lane; J. Lorentz (of the Danish Government at Tranquebar); Edward Harbord Lushington (Board of Revenue, Calcutta); Louisa Maclean (Louisa Macpherson; sister of A.W. Macpherson); William Campbell Maclean (Surgeon-General, Madras Army; husband of Louisa); Alexander Wentworth Macpherson; Duncan Macpherson (surgeon in Madras Army); Duncan Macpherson (also McPherson; General, India Army); Ronald Macpherson; [ ] Matheson; Alexander Matheson; Donald Matheson; (Nicholas) James Sutherland Matheson (also 'Santiago Thomasen', pseudonym); Muggunbhoy Karrumchund (Muggunbhoy Currumchund); Lieutenant John Ouchterlony; Colonel James Ramsay (of the 49th Regiment in China); J. Rehling (of the Danish Government at Tranquebar); Diogo de Sousa, Count of Rio Pardo (Viceroy at Goa); Rustomjee Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy; Ulrich Anton Schönheyder; Charles Binny Skinner; James Alexander Stewart-Mackenzie (also James Alexander Stewart Mackenzie); Maria (Mary) Elizabeth Frederica Stewart-Mackenzie; Christian Tiemroth; Danish Government at Tranquebar; Edward Taylor Trevor (of the Board of Revenue, L.P., Calcutta); Thomas Coutts Trotter (of the Bengal Civil Service; opium agent, Behar); James Whittall; Thomas Blenkinsop White (Captain of the 'Lanrick' and 'Fiery Cross'); and John Joseph Wood (Captain, 18th (R. Irish) Foot).
Dates
- Creation: 1820-1867
Creator
- From the Fonds: Jardine, Matheson and Co. Ltd (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
The original letters are not available to readers, but microfilm copies may be ordered in the Manuscripts Reading Room - Reel 494.
Extent
69 item(s) (69 letters)
Language of Materials
English
Subject
- Matheson, Sir Nicholas James Sutherland, 1796-1878 (1st Baronet, merchant and politician) (Person)
- Matheson, Sir Alexander, 1805-1886 (1st Baronet, merchant and banker) (Person)
- Matheson, Donald, 1819-1901 (merchant) (Person)
- Whittall, James, 1827-1893 (merchant) (Person)
- Jardine, Joseph, 1822-1861 (merchant) (Person)
- Jardine, David, 1818-1856 (merchant) (Person)
- Hamilton, Sir Robert North Collie, 1802-1887 (6th Baronet, Indian administrator) (Person)
- Jejeebhoy, Sir Jamsetjee, 1783-1859 (1st Baronet, merchant) (Person)
- Jejeebhoy, Sir Jamsetjee, 1811-1877 (2nd Baronet, businessman) (Person)
- Maclean, Louisa, b 1822 (Person)
- Macpherson, Alexander Wentworth, b 1824 (Person)
- Macpherson, Duncan, 1812-1867 (military surgeon) (Person)
- Macpherson, Ronald, 1817-1869 (Colonel) (Person)
- Jejeebhoy, Rustomjee Jamsetjee, 1824-1872 (Person)
- Schönheyder, Ulrich Anton, 1778-1858 (Governor of Tranquebar) (Person)
- Mackenzie, Mary Elizabeth Frederica Stewart-, 1783-1862 (Lady Hood) (Person)
- Bluhme, Christian Albrecht, 1794-1866 (Prime Minister of Denmark) (Person)
- Eden, Sir Ashley, 1831-1887 (Knight, Indian administrator) (Person)
- Sousa, Diogo de, 1755-1829 (1st Count of Rio Pardo) (Person)
- Mackenzie, James Alexander Stewart-, 1784-1843 (politician and colonial governor) (Person)
- Tiemroth, Christian, 1799-1888 (Danish colonial administrator) (Person)
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