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  • Front Cover
  • Title Page
  • Coat of Arms of the First East India Company
  • A Special Licence to the East Indies Mchantes
  • Facsimile of the Sketch Map of the Island and Harbour of Bombay
  • A Licence from Charles I to the Governor and Company of Merchants of London Trading to the East Indies
  • Warrant from Oliver Cromwell
  • Seal Appended to the Warrant from Oliver Cromwell
  • Oliver Cromwell's Answer to a Petition of the East India Company for a Naval Convoy
  • (Sheet 1) Charter Granted by Charles II Dated 3 April 1661 Confirming and Extending Former Charters
  • (Sheet 6) (Sheet 1) Charter Granted by Charles II Dated 3 April 1661 Confirming and Extending Former Charters
  • Facsimile of Letters Patent from Charles II
  • Reduced Facsimile of the Regrant of the Island of St. Helena to the Old East India Company
  • Facsimile of Charter of 5 Oct. 1677
  • (Sheet 1) Charter Granted by William and Mary
  • (Sheet 2) Charter Granted by William and Mary
  • First Page of the Book of the List of Original Subscribers Fund
  • Facsimile of the Charter of Incorporation
  • Facsimile of Grant of Arms to the New East India Company Dated 13 Oct. 1698
  • Despatch from Fort St. David [I]
  • Despatch from Fort St. David [II]
  • Despatch from Fort St. David [III]
  • Despatch from Fort St. David [IV]
  • Despatch from Fort St. David [V]
  • Despatch from Fort St. David [VI]
  • Despatch from Fort St. David [VIII]
  • The Allahbad Treaty - 16th Aug. 1765
  • Thanks of Court of Directors to Lord Nelson
  • Lord Nelson's Reply to the Court of Directors - 3rd July 1799
  • Grant of Arms to the East India College, Haileybury, 21 Day of March, 1807
  • Crosby House from an Old Print
  • The Old London East India Company House, Leadenhall Street
  • Crosby House, the Head India House from Overley's Advertisement
  • The House Occupied by the East India Company in Leadenhall Street, as Refaced in 1726
  • Front of the East India House, Leadenhall Street, as Rebuilt in 1796
  • Plans of the East India House in Leadenhall Street, 1858
  • Ground Floor and First Floor
  • Plan showing the site of the East India House, with the adjacent localities, 1860
  • Plans of the East India House in Leadenhall Street, 1858
  • Mantel Piece in the Council Room of the India House
  • Mantel Piece in the Revenue Committee Room, India Office
  • Mantel Piece in the Finance Committee Room, India Office [I]
  • Mantel Piece in the Finance Committee Room, India Office [II]
  • India Office, Whitehall Court Yard
  • Exterior of India Office, Whitehall, London - View from St. James Park
  • A Letter from Eliza Draper, dated Tellicherry, April, 1769 [I]
  • A Letter from Eliza Draper, dated Tellicherry, April, 1769 [II]
  • A Letter from Eliza Draper, dated Tellicherry, April, 1769 [III]
  • A Letter from Eliza Draper, dated Tellicherry, April, 1769 [IV]
  • A Letter from Eliza Draper, dated Tellicherry, April, 1769 [V]
  • A Letter from Eliza Draper, dated Tellicherry, April, 1769 [VI]
  • A Letter from Eliza Draper, dated Tellicherry, April, 1769 [VII]
  • A Letter from Eliza Draper, dated Tellicherry, April, 1769 [VIII]
  • Drawing of the Second Regiment taken on the spot while receiving the Colours from the hands of Lady Jane Dundas ... on the 27th day of July, 1797
  • Consecration of Colours which Lady Jane Dundas presented to the Third Regiment of Royal East India Volunteers on the 29th June, 1799
  • E.I.C. Arms on Ceiling of Poplar Church
  • An Old Clock formerly belonging to the Company
  • The Sale Room
  • A Meeting of the Court of Proprietors
  • The Director's Court Room
  • The Chairman's Seat
  • Charles Lamb
  • The Saddler's Ballot Box
  • The Girdler's Carpet
  • A China Dish with the Company's Arms
  • Back Cover

Relics of the Honourable British East India Company (1909)

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