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====Historical books online====
====Historical books online====
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/vestigesofoldmad00loveuoft#page/n5/mode/2up '' Indian Records Series. Vestiges of Old Madras, 1640-1800 Index Volume''] by Henry Davison Love 1913 Archive.org. If you find a reference here you wish to follow up, ''Vestiges of Old Madras Volumes I, II, III'' are available through the [[Online books#Digital Library of India|Digital Library of India]]. Each volume is very informative, with over 600 pages.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/vestigesofoldmad00loveuoft#page/n5/mode/2up '' Indian Records Series. Vestiges of Old Madras, 1640-1800 Index Volume''] by Henry Davison Love 1913 Archive.org. If you find a reference here you wish to follow up, ''Vestiges of Old Madras Volumes I, II, III'' are available through the [[Online books#Digital Library of India|Digital Library of India]]. Each volume is very informative, with over 600 pages.
*''Indian Records Series. The Diaries Of Streynsham Master 1675-1680'' Archive.org 1911.  Streynsham Master was appointed  agent and governor at Fort St. George, 1675. Includes short biographical notes on all Englishmen mentioned in the manuscripts. [http://www.archive.org/stream/diaries16751680o01mastuoft#page/n7/mode/2up ''Volume 1 The Diary 1675-1677''], [http://www.archive.org/stream/diaries16751680o02mastuoft#page/n7/mode/2up  ''Volume II The First and Second Memorialls 1679-1680''], [http://www.archive.org/stream/diaries16751680o02mastuoft#page/396/mode/2up Index]
*''Indian Records Series. The Diaries Of Streynsham Master 1675-1680'' 1911.  Streynsham Master was appointed  agent and governor at Fort St. George, 1675. Includes short biographical notes on all Englishmen mentioned in the manuscripts. [http://www.archive.org/stream/diaries16751680o01mastuoft#page/n7/mode/2up ''Volume 1 The Diary 1675-1677''], [http://www.archive.org/stream/diaries16751680o02mastuoft#page/n7/mode/2up  ''Volume II The First and Second Memorialls 1679-1680''], [http://www.archive.org/stream/diaries16751680o02mastuoft#page/396/mode/2up Index] Archive.org
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=b40BAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Madras in the olden time: being a history of the presidency from the first foundation to the Governorship of Thomas Pitt, Grandfather of the Earl of Chatham 1639-1702''] by J Talboys Wheeler 1861 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=b40BAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Madras in the olden time: being a history of the presidency from the first foundation to the Governorship of Thomas Pitt, Grandfather of the Earl of Chatham 1639-1702''] by J Talboys Wheeler 1861 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=pGBCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PR3 ''Madras in the olden time: being a history of the presidency from the first foundation of Fort St. George  Volume 2 1702-1727''] J Talboys Wheeler 1861 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=pGBCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PR3 ''Madras in the olden time: being a history of the presidency from the first foundation of Fort St. George  Volume 2 1702-1727''] J Talboys Wheeler 1861 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=85UBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP11 ''Madras in the olden time: being a history of the presidency from the first foundation of Fort St. George to the French Occupation of Madras  Volume 3 1727-1748''] by J Talboys Wheeler 1862 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=85UBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP11 ''Madras in the olden time: being a history of the presidency from the first foundation of Fort St. George to the French Occupation of Madras  Volume 3 1727-1748''] by J Talboys Wheeler 1862 Google Books
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/selectionsfrompu00madrrich#page/n3/mode/2up ''Records of Fort St George.  Selections from public consultations, letters from Fort St. George and Fort St. David consultations, 1740'']  Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/selectionsfrompu00madrrich#page/n3/mode/2up ''Records of Fort St George.  Selections from public consultations, letters from Fort St. George and Fort St. David consultations, 1740'']  Archive.org
*''Records of Fort St George. Public Despatches from England'' [http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924023929650#page/n3/mode/2up ''1753-1754 Volume 57''] 1964, [http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924073085288#page/n0/mode/2up  ''1755-1756  Volume 59''] 1970,[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924073085247#page/n0/mode/2up  ''1756-1757 Volume 60''] 1971
*''Records of Fort St George. Public Despatches from England'' [http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924023929650#page/n3/mode/2up ''1753-1754 Volume 57''] 1964, [http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924073085288#page/n0/mode/2up  ''1755-1756  Volume 59''] 1970,[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924073085247#page/n0/mode/2up  ''1756-1757 Volume 60''] 1971 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/reportonpalkmanu00greauoft#page/n5/mode/2up ''Report on the Palk Documents'']  1922  Archive.org.  Letters addressed to Sir Robert Palk from the time he relinquished the governorship of Madras in 1767 to the end of 1786. The majority were sent from Fort St. George, and they are “full of political and military intelligence”
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/reportonpalkmanu00greauoft#page/n5/mode/2up ''Report on the Palk Documents'']  1922  Archive.org.  Letters addressed to Sir Robert Palk from the time he relinquished the governorship of Madras in 1767 to the end of 1786. The majority were sent from Fort St. George, and they are “full of political and military intelligence”
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=PyUAAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA123 ''Journal of a Residence in India''] by Maria Graham, 2nd Edition (1813) describes Madras in 1810 from page 123 and [http://books.google.com/books?id=PyUAAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA154 page 154] (Google Books).
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=PyUAAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA123 ''Journal of a Residence in India''] by Maria Graham, 2nd Edition (1813) describes Madras in 1810 from page 123 and [http://books.google.com/books?id=PyUAAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA154 page 154] (Google Books).

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Madras (City)
Presidency: Madras
Coordinates: 13.09°N, 80.27°E
Altitude: 6m
Present Day Details
Place Name: Chennai
State/Province: Tamil Nadu
Country: India
Transport links
Madras Railway (to 1908)
Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway (1908 on)

Madras (now Chennai) was the seat of the Madras Presidency and the location of Fort St George.

Madras in 1862, with churches, missions & schools
Madras 1893 Rootsweb

History

Spelling variants

Modern name: Chennai
Variants: Madras

FIBIS resources

Plan of Madras and its environs engraved by J & C Walker, London in 1854. This item is for FIBIS members only and you will need to log-in to view it.

Cemeteries

See Madras Cemeteries, for details of some of the Christian cemeteries in the city.

Orphan schools

See the main article Orphan Schools in Madras, or the following list of schools:

External links

Historical books online

Volume 1 In the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Volume 2 1805 to 1835 Volume 3 1835 to 1861
  • Memories of Madras by Sir Charles Lawson 1905 Archive.org
  • Articles by F.E.P, very likely Fanny Emily Penny, giving details of Marriages at St Mary’s , Fort St George, and Marriages at Outstations Recorded in the St Mary’s Register Book, appeared in The Genealogist, Volumes 19-23 published in London 1903 to 1907 Archive.org
    "Returns of Marriages at Outstations in the Madras Presidency, Recorded in the Register Book of St Mary’s, Fort St George, between 1783 and 1805" 1783-1796 pages 248-257