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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/calcuttapastpres00blec#page/n7/mode/2up ''Calcutta, Past and Present''] by Kathleen Blechynden 1905 Archive.org
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=MvgFbfjoUx8C&pg=PR8 ''The history, design, and present state of the religious, benevolent and charitable institutions, founded by the British in Calcutta and its vicinity''] by Charles Lushington 1824 Google Books
*''Calcutta in the 19th Century'' by P Thankappan Nair contains extracts by many authors and is available to read online on the Digital Library of India website. The contents is computer page 10, and the index is computer page 1028. Refer [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Online books-Digital Library of India]] for more details about this site.
*Calcutta in September 1800, [http://books.google.com/books?id=mKgIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA41 Part 10], page 41 from ''Cursory Remarks, on board the ship Friendship'' by Mary Anne Reid, continues [http://books.google.com/books?id=mKgIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA249 part 11] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=mKgIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA454 part 12] Google Books. (Full details in this India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2009-12/1262153252 post])
*Calcutta in 1810 commences [http://books.google.com/books?id=PyUAAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA131 page 131] ''Journal of a Residence in India'' by Maria Graham 2nd Edition 1813 Illustrated by Engravings. Google Books
:*Volume 39, Part 1 Jan-March 1930 [http://www.archive.org/details/bengalpastprese00socigoog Archive.org]
:*Volume 41, Part 2, April- June 1931 pages 101-188 [http://www.archive.org/details/bengalpastprese01socigoog Archive.org]
:*A broken range of volumes is available to read online on the Digital Library of India website. Volume 2, part 2, commences at (actual) page 205, contents is computer page 8. Volume 25 has Volume 26 from computer page 211. Volume 44 is July-December 1932 and commences page 103, contents is computer page 7. Volume 49 has the language coded as bengali, so will not appear if the search is for english language books. Refer [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Online books-Digital Library of India]] for more details about this site.
:Bengal, Past and Present, Journal of the Calcutta Historical Society was first published 1907 and is a very valuable source of information. Volumes are available at the [[British Library]]. There are published indexes, each of one volume, as follows: Volumes 1 (July 1907)-8 (June 1914); Volumes 9 (1914)-18 (1919); Volumes 1 (1907)-85 (1966); Volumes 1 (1907)-104 (1985). In addition, the British Library has an index for Volumes 19-29.
:Note that a different Journal, with a somewhat similar name, is the Calcutta Historical Journal, published by the University of Calcutta, first published July 1976, available at the [[British Library]]
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