Bengal proceedings, 1786-1795
- Component identifier:
- Subseries G/34/2-8
- Extent:
- 7 items
- Content Summary:
- This series of volumes contains proceedings of the Governor-General in Council at Fort William (Calcutta) relating to the Prince of Wales Island. The Governors-General were Lord Cornwallis and Sir John Shore. Incorporated in the proceedings are copies of correspondence between the Governor-General and the Superintendents at Prince of Wales Island (Francis Light and Philip Manington), correspondence with other presidencies (Madras, Bombay), officials and the Supreme Court at Fort William, and military and naval officers based at or visiting Prince of Wales Island. Attached to the proceedings are appendices comprising inter alia lists of shipping arrivals and departures, accounts of imports and exports, financial statements, lists of naval and military stores, transcripts of official inquiries, legal hearings and courts martial, lists of European and Chinese residents, registers of births, deaths and marriages.
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- Available for Access.
- Parent Terms of Access:
- Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP are still in copyright. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the owner of the original material.
- Location of this collection:
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Parkes PlaceCanberra ACT 2600, Australia
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