Nathaniel Smith: memoranda books relating to Rungpore [Rangpur]
Scope and Contents
Volume 1 is a half-leather binding comprising manuscript extracts in various hands of local records, notes of cases, copies of letters and drafts, relating to administrative and financial matters from Smith's time as Collector of Rungpore. Approx. 250pp.
Volume 2 is a vellum bound memorandum book comprising miscellaneous notes. The volume begins with a manuscript copy of a translation of Herodotus and is followed by a draft of parliamentary speech on the East India Company in 1781. The rear of the volume is a Latin version of 'Adam Smith'. Approx. 75pp.
Dates
- Creation: 1829 - 1841
Biographical / Historical
Nathaniel Smith entered the Bengal Civil Service in 1814 and retired in 1842 as Collector of Rungpore [now Rangpur, Bangladesh]. He is a different individual to Nathaniel Smith (1730-1794) MP and chairman of the East India Company.
Extent
1 archive box(es) (2 volumes in an archive box)
Language of Materials
English
Other Finding Aids
Donald H. Simpson, 'The manuscript catalogue of the Library of the Royal Commonwealth Society' (London, 1975), p. 66.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Provenance information unknown.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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