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*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> [https://learninglab.si.edu/resources/view/90161 Photograph: Man in palki or palanquin], Calcutta. Click through to 2nd image. National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution, Learning Lab website.
*[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, including Catholic churches, in [https://archive.org/details/HistoryOfThePortugueseInBengal ''History of The Portuguese in Bengal''] by J J A Campos 1919 Archive.org. File appears to be originally from the Digital Library of India, possibly the same as [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015csl.233560 7149/mode/2up 2nd file, Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Central Secretariat Library , Government of India.
*[https://archive.org/details/blackholeofcalcu0000barb/page/n5 ''The Black Hole of Calcutta : a Reconstruction''] by Noel Barber 1965. Archive.org Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/printingincalcut0000shaw/page/n5 ''Printing in Calcutta to 1800 : a description and checklist of printing in late 18th-century Calcutta''] by Graham Shaw 1981. Archive.org Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/calcuttaprofileo0000rayn/page/n5 ''Calcutta : the Profile of a City''] by Nisith Ranjan Ray 1986. Archive.org Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.149376/mode/2up ''Calcutta And Calcuttans From Dihi to Megalopolis''] by Oneil Biswas 1992 Archive.org
*For reports on Rats in Calcutta, in connection with plague research, see [[Scientific books online]].
*[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
