Papers of James Cumming

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Reference
- GB 59 IOR/H/525-531
Former Reference
- GB 59 Q/ISC/81
Dates of Creation
- 1808-1827
Language of Material
- English
Physical Description
- 7 volumes

Administrative / Biographical History

James Cumming was head of the Revenue and Judicial Department at the Board of Control . His papers were purchased by the Court of Directors from his sister Ann Cumming in 1827 for £400.

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Home MiscellaneousIOR/H

Lists of adventurers and stock account.IOR/H/1

Lists of Adventurers.IOR/H/2

Lists of Adventurers.IOR/H/3

Accounts.IOR/H/4

Accounts.IOR/H/5

Sales and Deliveries of Goods in London, mainly cotton and cloth.IOR/H/6

Sales of Goods in London.IOR/H/7

Deliveries and sales of goods in London.IOR/H/8

Deliveries and sales of goods in London.IOR/H/9

Sale at East India House.IOR/H/10

Goods for sale at East India House and goods exported.IOR/H/11

Goods for sale at East India House and goods exported.IOR/H/12

Goods for sale at East India House and goods exported.IOR/H/13

Sales of goods in London.IOR/H/14

Rules for keeping accounts and invoices of goods inward and outward.IOR/H/15

Gold and silver received; Miscellaneous accounts.IOR/H/16

Payments made in London.IOR/H/17

Register of Private Trade Outwards.IOR/H/18

Register of Private Trade Outwards.IOR/H/19

Register of Private Trade Outwards.IOR/H/20

Register of Private Trade Outwards.IOR/H/21

Register of Private Trade Outwards.IOR/H/22

Legal papers.IOR/H/23

Commissions.IOR/H/24

Commissions and appointments in India.IOR/H/25

Lists of Documents passed under the Company's Seal.IOR/H/26

Proceedings of the Commissioners appointed for raising Two Millions upon a Fund for payment of Annuities 14th July--12th Aug. 1698.IOR/H/27

Trustees of the old East India Company.IOR/H/28

Misdemeanours of East India Company servants.IOR/H/29

Petitions to Parliament and the Crown; auditors' reports.IOR/H/30

Advertisements and list of newspapers.IOR/H/31

Letters sent to India by the Adventurers to East India in the ship William.IOR/H/32

Orders and instructions; legal papers.IOR/H/33

Extracts from Letters sent to India; Commission and instructions to Major William Puckle.IOR/H/34

Abstract of the Manager's Letters to IndiaIOR/H/35

Miscellaneous papers.IOR/H/36

Robert and Mrs. Adams' Letter BookIOR/H/37

Catalogues of Law Papers.IOR/H/38

Miscellaneous papers.IOR/H/39

Miscellaneous papers.IOR/H/40

Book of Receipts given by Officers of the Company for money given them for payment of wages.IOR/H/41

Miscellaneous papers.IOR/H/42

Materials on the history of India.IOR/H/43

Extracts from 'East India Tracts' 1661-1726.IOR/H/44

Draft Memoir on the History of the East India Company from 1708 to 1830.IOR/H/45

Materials collected for histories.IOR/H/46

Collections for a History of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa.IOR/H/47

Transcripts of State Papers in the India Office and Public Record Office relating to BombayIOR/H/48-56

East Indies SeriesIOR/H/93-190

Administration of Warren HastingsIOR/H/212-221

Impeachment of Warren HastingsIOR/H/228-234

MysoreIOR/H/248-256

MadrasIOR/H/257-270

TanjoreIOR/H/271-284

ArcotIOR/H/285-331

Correspondence and papers concerning private trade with IndiaIOR/H/402-407

Papers of Francis Russell, solicitor to the Board of Control, concerning judicial matters connected with the affairs of the East India CompanyIOR/H/413-415

Correspondence of Sir John Shore with the residents at the courts of Indian princesIOR/H/443-448

Reform of the Army in IndiaIOR/H/450-454

Wellesley PapersIOR/H/457-479

Correspondence between the Earl of Mornington and Colonel William Palmer, Resident at PoonaIOR/H/482-484

Papers of James CummingIOR/H/525-531

Restrictions on the press in IndiaIOR/H/532-539

Papers concerning Sale's Brigade in AfghanistanIOR/H/543-545

Papers Primarily Relating to Brigadier-General John Jacob and the Anglo-Persian War (1856-57)IOR/H/549-552

Affairs of OudhIOR/H/577-583

Charles Metcalfe's mission to LahoreIOR/H/592-595

Correspondence regarding Ameer Khan and the Raja of BerarIOR/H/595a-597

Correspondence concerning the PindarisIOR/H/598-602

''Notes relative to the Affairs of Native and foreign European States with the exception of the principal Native States, which are bound separately 1784 to 1798 from the Letters Home.''IOR/H/605-608

Indexes to H/559-60 and 564IOR/H/612-614

War with SindiaIOR/H/621-624

Manuscript collection of farmans, parwanas, sanads and treatiesIOR/H/628-642

Nepal War 1814-1816IOR/H/643-656

Burmese War 1823-1828IOR/H/660-680

Mutiny of the European officers of the Madras Army 1809IOR/H/695-700

Sir John Kaye's Mutiny PapersIOR/H/724a-727

Letter Books of David Scott, Chairman of the East India Company in 1796 and 1801IOR/H/728-731

Papers of Sir John Malcolm (1769-1833)IOR/H/733-737

Papers concerning William Palmer & Co. of HyderabadIOR/H/742-759

Correspondence between the Government of India and the Board of Administration for the affairs of the PunjabIOR/H/760-761

Miscellanies collected by Thomas Wilks c.1785IOR/H/766-772

Appendix to Lord Moira's Minute 2nd Oct. 1815 on the Judicial Administration of the Presidency of Fort WilliamIOR/H/775-776

Miscellaneous Papers relating to Salt RevenueIOR/H/777-779

Papers concerning the revision of the Judicial System in MadrasIOR/H/781-784

Letter Books of Andrew Ross Bell, Political Agent Upper SindIOR/H/797-798

Printed papers copied for Sir George Forrest from the Madras RecordsIOR/H/803-806

Documents from the collections of Sir George Forrest CIEIOR/H/807-814