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*Benevolent Institution School - see these two references from [http://books.google.com/books?id=_10pAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA133 1818] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=T-HwSiLns14C&pg=PA219 1851]
*[http://www.lmbcal.com/ La Martiniere School] - established 1836 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Martiniere_Calcutta Wikipedia], [http://www.lmgcal.edu.in/history.htm La Martiniere For Girls, Kolkata]. Also see 'Historical books online' below
*St James' School - founded by Bishop Cotton in 1864
*St Lawrence High School
*"Slavery Days in Old Calcutta" by Syud Hossain, ''Bengal Past and Present, Volume II, Part II 1908'', pages 271-276 is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. Catalogued as (1908) vol. 2, pt. 2; computer pages 22-27
*John Williamson Palmer was an American [[Doctor|doctor]] and author who wrote c 1858 [http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924022250405#page/n337/mode/2up/ "The Chorus of the Palanquin Bearers"], a description of his transit through Cossitollah Street, Calcutta<ref> Reprinted in ''Oliver Wendell Holmes, poet, littérateur, scientist'', page 330 by William Sloane Kennedy 1883, Archive.org, originally from ''Atlantic Monthly'', January 1858 </ref>. [http://siris-archives.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12825SX1354O1.90703&profile=all&source=~!siarchives&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!58937~!41&ri=1&aspect=subtab157&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=Calcutta&index=.GW&uindex=&aspect=subtab157&menu=search&ri=1#focus Photograph of Man in Palki (Palanquin) in Calcutta] from the Smithsonian Institution. Click image to enlarge.
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=RzxcAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA1 ''Rules and Regulations of La Martiniere, Founded in Calcutta Under the Will of Major General Claude Martin: With an Extract of the Will of the Testator, the Decree of the Supreme Court with Regard to the Same, and Other Documents''] 1835 Google Books
*There are many references to Calcutta in ''History of The Portuguese in Bengal'' by J J A Campos 1919 which is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. For barcode 99999990174384, the Contents is computer page 16.
*[https://archive.org/details/tomrawgriffinbur00doylrich ''Tom Raw, the Griffin: a burlesque poem, in twelve cantos: illustrated by twenty-five engravings, descriptive of the adventures of a cadet in the East India company's service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situtation in India''] by “ a Civilian and an Officer on the Bengal Establishment” (Sir Charles D'Oyly) 1828 Archive.org
