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:A subsequent edition, edited by Roger Hudson, was published in 1995 under the title ''Memoirs of a Georgian Rake'', and is available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01007249327
*[http://travel-letters.org/kindersley/ The Travel Letters of Mrs. Kindersley], transcriptions from the book first published in 1777 ''Letters from the Island of Teneriffe, Brazil, the Cape of Good Hope, and the East Indies''. The letters from India commence with Letter 18 in Pondicherry June 1765 and conclude with letter 67 from Calcutta in 1768. Letters 20-21, and 64-67 are written from Calcutta. Note: Only the first page of the letter is displayed, click on the image for a full transcription. travel-letters.org. For further details see [[Travel accounts online]]
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=ZflAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA41 Calcutta in 1774] page 41 ''Genuine Memoirs of Asiaticus'' by Philip Dormer Stanhope 1784. Google Books. The book contains letters written from 1773 to 1778.
*''A voyage in the Indian Ocean and to Bengal, undertaken in the years 1789 and 1790. Containing an account of the Sechelles Islands and Trincomale ... To which is added, a voyage in the Red Sea. Including a description of Mocha, and of the trade of the Arabs of Yemen ...'' by L de Grandpré, an officer in the French Army. 1803. [https://archive.org/details/b22041084_0001/page/n6 Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/b22041084_0002/page/n5 Volume II]. Includes chapters on Calcutta. Also published with a slightly different title. Archive.org
*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 an India List post.<ref>Evers, Maureen. [https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/hyperkitty/list/india@rootsweb.com/thread/2240405/ Journals] ''Rootsweb India List'' 30 December 2009. Retrieved 15 July 2018.</ref>)
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