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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]]
*''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>)
*''Indian Recreations; Consisting Chiefly Of Strictures On The Domestic And Rural Economy Of The Mahomedans & Hindoos'' by Rev William Tennant, lately one of His Majesty’s Chaplains in India. Second edition, enlarged and corrected 1804, first published 1803. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=WdMcAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR1 Volume I] With a [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=WdMcAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR7 Glossary Of Indian Terms] page vii [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=WdMcAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR7 Contents] page xxi. Contains chapters on Calcutta. ([https://books.google.com.au/books?id=39BaAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP7 Volume II], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=39BaAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP7 Contents] page v). Google Books.
*[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.32669/2015.32669.Bengal-Past-And-Present--Vol29#page/n139/mode/2up "A Young Civilian in Bengal in 1805"] by Isaac Henry Townley Roberdeau, appointed Writer 29th August 1799, page 110, ''Bengal Past and Present-Journal of the Calcutta Historical Society'', Jan-June 1925. Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection.
*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
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