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*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=2YCoCwtJd1gC&pg=PA3 "Bengal and Fort William"] , page 1, ''A new account of the East Indies, being the observations and remarks of Capt. Alexander Hamilton, who spent his time there from the year 1688. to 1723. Trading and travelling, by sea and land, to most of the countries and islands of commerce and navigation, between the Cape of Good-Hope, and the Island of Japon'', Volume II 1727 Google Books. [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.39275/2015.39275.A-New-Account-Of-The-East-indies--Vol2#page/n15/mode/2up Archive.org: reprint edition of 1739 edition], (from Digital Library of India).
*''The early annals of the English in Bengal, being the Bengal public consultations for the first half of the eighteenth century, summarised, extracted, and edited with introductions and illustrative addenda'' by Charles Robert Wilson Archive.org. [http://www.archive.org/stream/earlyannalsofeng01wilsuoft#page/n7/mode/2up Volume 1 1704-1710] 1895, [http://www.archive.org/stream/earlyannalsofeng02wilsuoft#page/n5/mode/2up Volume 2 Part 1 1711-1717] 1900
*''The good old days of Honorable John companyCompany; being curious reminiscences illustrating manners and customs of the British in India during the rule of the East India Co. from 1600 to 1858; with brief notices of places and people of those times, &c. &c. &c. Compiled from newspapers and other publications'' by W. H. Carey. Archive.org. These books principally refer to Calcutta.
**[http://www.archive.org/stream/goodolddayshono02caregoog#page/n9/mode/1up Volume 1] 1906 (reprint of original published 1882), [http://www.archive.org/stream/goodolddayshono03caregoog#page/n7/mode/1up Volume 2] 1907 (reprint of original published c 1882-1887), [http://www.archive.org/stream/goodolddaysofhon03careuoft#page/n3/mode/2up Volume 3] 1887
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=GgRXAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA251 "A Genuine Narrative of the Deplorable Deaths of the English Gentlemen, and Others, who were suffocated in the Black-Hole in Fort-William, at Calcutta, in the Kingdom of Bengal, in the Night succeeding the 20th Day of June 1756"], page 251-276 [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=GgRXAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR1 ''India Tracts''] by Mr Holwell and Friends. Second Edition 1764 Google Books
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=MeJDAQAAMAAJl&pg=PA313 1794 boundary of Calcutta] page 313 ''Parliamentary Papers: Indian Law Commission: Session 2 February- 24 August 1843'' Google Books
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=xHYIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP11 ''Asiaticus: in two parts. Part the first, ecclesiastical, chronological, and historical sketches respecting Bengal…''] by [John Hawkesworth] 1803. Google Books [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_00000003577E 1869 Reprint with title ''Calcutta in Days of Yore''] with commentary. British Library Digital Collection.
*''Calcutta in the Olden Times'' Two articles in the Calcutta Review available on Google Books
**''Its Localities'' [http://books.google.com/books?id=cQc2AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA275 Calcutta Review Vol 18, July-Dec 1852, p 275]
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/128152 ''Indian Gods Sages And Cities''] by C Cesary 1881, which contains much information about Calcutta. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.128152 Archive.org version]. Includes [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.128152/2015.128152.Indian-Gods-Sages-And-Cities#page/n103/mode/2up Third Part] page 101 which includes the area around Calcutta, and [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.128152/2015.128152.Indian-Gods-Sages-And-Cities#page/n157/mode/2up Fourth Part. Notes. On Calcutta and Its Suburbs] page 156. The latter includes on [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.128152/2015.128152.Indian-Gods-Sages-And-Cities#page/n171/mode/2up page 172] information about Catholic schools and orphanages. '''Note''': From the page numbers, many pages appear to be missing, including page 173.
**Catholic Institutions in Calcutta c 1881 [http://books.google.com/books?id=OJ_CknHdCbUC&pg=PA172 page 172] reprint of original published 1881 at Calcutta by Catholic Orphan Press. Preview Google Books 1987
*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_0000000357DE ''Jottings and recollections of a Bengal “Qui hye!”''] by Louis Emanuel [1886] British Library Digital Collection.
*[https://archive.org/details/indiansketchesra00daly ''Indian Sketches and Rambles''] by J Bowles Daly 1896 Archive.org. Contains chapters on Calcutta, including [https://archive.org/stream/indiansketchesra00daly#page/60/mode/2up "The General Hospital"] page 60
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.53429 ''John Barleycorn Bahadur: Old Time Taverns in India''] by Major H Hobbs [Harry] 1944 (2nd edition with Index, first published 1943?) Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection. Some other, but not all, publications by this author, published in Calcutta, are available at the [[British Library]]. [http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1196763 Author details] in photograph description from Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland.
