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  • Collection: Kipling Scrapbooks - Letters of Marque

Lake Pichola

A photograph of the Jag Niwas (Lake Palace) on Lake Pichola in Udaipur, Rajasthan.

Letter of Marque, 1809

This item is a lettter of marque from Captain Antoine Bollo, conceded on February 27, 1809 by Mr. Dominique Malfino of Gênes, owner of the ship "Furet", a corsair (pirate ship) weighing fifteen 15 tons.

Letters of Marque - I

Of the Beginning of Things—Of the Taj and the Globe-Trotter— The Young Man from Manchester and certain Moral Reflections

Letters of Marque - II

Shows the charm of Rajputana and of Jeypore, the City of the Globe trotter—Of its Founder and its Embellishment—Explains the Use and Destiny of the Stud-bred and fails to explain many more important matters.

Letters of Marque - III

Does not in any sort describe the Dead City of Amber, but gives detailed information of a Cotton Press.

Letters of Marque - IV

The Temple of Mahadeo and the Manners of such as see India. The Man by the Water- Troughs and his Knowledge. The Voice of the City and what it said. Personalities and the Hospital. The House Beautiful of Jeypur and its builders.

Letters of Marque - IX

Of the Pig-drive which was a Panther-killing, and of the Departure to Chitor.

Letters of Marque - V

Of the Sordidness of the Supreme Government on the Revenue Side ; and of the Palace of Jeypur. A great King’s Pleasure-House, and the Work of the Servants of State.

Letters of Marque - VI

Showing how Her Majesty’s Mails went to Udaipur and fell out by the Way.

Letters of Marque - VII

Touching, the Children of the Sun and their City, and the Hat-marked Caste and their Merits, and a Good Man’s Works in the Wilderness.