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Given by Lord Somers

  1. Plan of the City of Agra and Adjoining Gunges. (n.d. but c. 1857.)
  2. Letter to A.H. Cocks from P. Gholam Hyder, 17 August 1862 – Indian and English copies.
  3. Distribution list of H.M. Civil Officers in the N.W. Provinces on 1 November 1859.
  4. Print of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales’ visit to India landing at Bombay. (n.d. but c. 1880)
  5. Poem written by Syed Abdullah.
  6. Two crayon sketches of the view from Mudan Mehal.
  7. Handwriting exercises:
    1. Nine sheets of Urdu writing
    2. Two sheets of Urdu writing on gold and white paper
    3. Two decorative sheets of Urdu writing
    4. One painted sheet of Urdu writing
    5. One sheet of Hindi script.
  8. One small newspaper cutting mentioning Arthur Cocks’ gallantry at Goojerat
  9. Photocopy (from ?) of a biography of Arthur Herbert Cocks, 1819-1881, ancestor of the donor.