English East India Company Records, relating to Malacca and Penang, 1639-1795

Reference No:
U DBA/4/15
Dates:
20th cent.
Description:

Extracts and notes, including:

1) Extracts from 'Marine Records, Bengal Secret Policy', also 'Dagh Register', etc., interleaved in chronological order, with reference to sources of each item. (Ms., c.700 slips, 13x18.5cm., mostly written on both sides)

2.1) Thomas Forrest, 1729-1802; with related papers of the second half of the eighteenth century. Approximately 400 slips, Ms., and ts., mostly on both sides, 13x18.5cm. (Extracts from EIC Marine Records, B.M. Add. Ms. 34,466, etc. Compare A.10, A.23 II, A.24)

2.2) Letters and miscellaneous notes about Thomas Forrest. D. K. Bassett. Ms., 24ff., various sizes

2.3) Biographical notes on cards relating to the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, including Francis Light, Thomas Forrest, William Marsden, Sir Joseph Banks, etc. Ms., and ts. 66 cards, 7.5x13cm.; 8 cards 10x15cm

Format:
Archive Item
Extent:
1 bundle
Language:
Access Conditions:
Access will be granted to any accredited reader
Repository:
Hull University Archives
Collection:
Papers of Dr David Kenneth Bassett