Manuscripts

Harris, George Harris, Baron, 1746-1829. Letter to Richard Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley, 1760-1842

Description: Seringapatam, India. (16 p.). A copy in P.A. Agnew's hand. Letter includes an account of the Siege of Seringapatam, the death of Tippoo Sultan, a list of the British and European wounded and killed and copies of extracts of the general orders from May 5 & 8, 1799.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1799, May 7
Call number: DUN 58
Creator: Dundas, Henry (1742-1811)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased by the Library Collectors' Council from Maggs Bros. Ltd, London, January 2018.
Associated people: Baird, David, (1757-1829.); Baldwin, George, (1743?-1826.); Beatson, Alexander, (1759-1833.); Braithewaite, John, (1739-1803.); Chetwynd, Richard Chetwynd, (1757-1821.); Close, Barry, (1756-1813.); Cochrane, Alexander Forrester Inglis, (1758-1832.); Colpoys, John, (1742?-1821.); Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, (1738-1805.); Cuyler, Cornelius, (1740-1819.); Dalrymple, Alexander, (1737-1808.); Dundas, Henry, (1742-1811.); Elphinstone, George Keith, (1746-1823.); Frederick Augustus, (1763-1827.); Harris, George Harris, (1746-1829.); Hartley, James, (1745-1799.); Hobart, Robert, (1760-1816.); Johnstone, Andrew James Cochrane, (1767-); Kirkpatrick, James Achilles, (1764-1805.); Mackenzie, Colin, (1753?-1821.); Maitland, Thomas, (1759?-1824.); Malcolm, John, (1769-1833.); Melville, Robert Saunders Dundas, (1771-1851.); Minto, Gilbert Elliot, (1751-1814.); Oswald, Richard, (1705-1784.); Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, (1738-1809.); Prinsep, John, (1746-1830.); Tipu Sultan, Fath ʻAli, (1753-1799.); Wellesley, Richard Wellesley, (1760-1842.); Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, (1769-1852.); Woodford, Ralph James.
Associated organizations: East India Company.; Great Britain.; Great Britain.
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