Scope and Contents
The two volumes which constitute this small collection pertain to the activities of the British East India Company in the Mahi Kantha, a fiscal and military district now making up part of the state of Gujarat in western India. The first volume contains copies of reports (1821-1827) made to company officials in Baroda and Bombay from local agents, while the other volume contains copies of despatches (1826-1839) sent from Bombay to the Court of Directors of the East India Company in London. There is also one loose despatch from 1863. Taken together, these papers provide a history of the Mahi Kantha before 1821 and detail political and military events there through 1839.
These papers were purchased for Yale University in 1949. They were formerly known as the Bombay Presidency Papers.
These papers were purchased for Yale University in 1949. They were formerly known as the Bombay Presidency Papers.
Dates
- 1821-1853
- Majority of material found within 1821 - 1839
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The entire collection is available on microfilm. Patrons must use HM 264 instead of the originals.
Conditions Governing Use
Unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection are in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased, 1949.
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Overview
Reports of agents of the East India Company in Mahi Kantha in Gujarat (western India) and dispatches from East India officials in Bombay sent to London. The reports provide a history of the Mahi Kantha before 1821 and describe political events there through 1839. The documents are all copies.
Biographical / Historical
The British East India Company was founded around 1600 in order to control British trade, especially in spices, from India, China, and neighboring regions. Initially, the company held a monopoly on such activities and both exploited and expanded British colonial power, by acting as an agent to the Crown from the early eighteenth century to the mid nineteenth century.
- Title
- Guide to the British East India Company Records
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- compiled by Janet Elaine Gertz
- Date
- June 1983
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Created In Accordance With Manuscripts And Archives Processing Manual
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository
Contact:
Yale University Library
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beinecke.library@yale.edu
Yale University Library
P.O. Box 208240
New Haven CT 06520-8240 US
(203) 432-1735
(203) 432-7441 (Fax)
beinecke.library@yale.edu
Location
Sterling Memorial Library
Room 147
120 High Street
New Haven, CT 06511