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1250671. Mss Eur Photo Eur 474/26

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Photo Eur 474/26
Title:
Letter from Canning to Stanley
Scope & Content:
Is sending his first letter to Queen since change of government; discusses question of correspondence between Governor-General and Crown touching on constitutional implications.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Oct 1858
Extent:
1 item

1250672. Mss Eur Photo Eur 474/27

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Photo Eur 474/27
Title:
Letter from Canning to Stanley
Scope & Content:
Lists places at which Proclamation will be read on 1 November (in English and vernacular); there will be celebrations and parades, though Canning would have preferred 'less show and noise'; comments on various points in Proclamation; praises passages relating to religion – 'I almost envy you bein...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Oct 1858
Extent:
1 item

1250673. Mss Eur Photo Eur 474/28

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Photo Eur 474/28
Title:
Letter from Canning to Stanley
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Stanley's letter of 9 [sc. 8] September; impracticability of inviting all Chiefs to do homage on transfer of government to Crown; among the reasons are the facts that Canning does not have enough troops with him to make an impressive show in upper provinces, and chiefs 'hate the name...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Oct 1858
Extent:
1 item

1250674. Mss Eur Photo Eur 474/29

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Photo Eur 474/29
Title:
Letter from Canning to Stanley
Scope & Content:
Proposes to appoint Montgomery to succeed Lawrence as Chief Commissioner in Punjab, and to make it a Lt-Governorship partly as mark of honour to Lawrence; only a few suitable candidates to succeed Montgomery; (Sir) G Edmonstone (Foreign Secretary) to become Lt-Governor of N.W. Provinces; (Sir) J ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Oct 1858
Extent:
1 item

1250675. Mss Eur Photo Eur 474/30

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Photo Eur 474/30
Title:
Letter from Canning to Stanley
Scope & Content:
Describes reading of Proclamation at Allahabad; survey of recent and future military operations; Tantia Topi; slight reverse suffered by Lord Mark Kerr in Gorakhpur.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Nov 1858
Extent:
1 item

1250676. Mss Eur Photo Eur 474/31

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Photo Eur 474/31
Title:
Letter from Canning to Stanley
Scope & Content:
Instructions to C-in-C and other authorities regarding amnesty; problem of private prosecutions making it seem a sham; good reception for Proclamation in vicinity of Allahabad, no news yet from elsewhere; military weakness in some areas may cause misunderstanding of motives of amnesty; bad news t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Nov 1858
Extent:
1 item

1250677. Mss Eur Photo Eur 474/32

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Photo Eur 474/32
Title:
Letter from Canning to Stanley
Scope & Content:
Thanks for publishing Canning's despatch of 17 June in reply to Lord Ellenborough; explains title given Queen in Persian translation of Proclamation; question of name by which Bombay Army should now be known.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Nov 1858
Extent:
1 item

1250678. Mss Eur Photo Eur 474/33

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Photo Eur 474/33
Title:
Letter from Canning to Stanley
Scope & Content:
Encloses letter from ex-soldier of Bengal Army indicating both a feeling that Company's troops have been dealt with too hardly, and absolute deference to the law.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Nov 1858
Extent:
1 item

1250679. Mss Eur Photo Eur 474/34

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Photo Eur 474/34
Title:
Letter from Canning to Stanley
Scope & Content:
Discusses claim from European troops of Company's Army that they cannot be transferred without consent to Queen's service and asking for discharge or re-enlistment with bounty; danger of giving rise to suspicion amongst Sikhs of misunderstanding between British authorities and European troops; En...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Nov 1858
Extent:
1 item

1250680. Mss Eur Photo Eur 474/35

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Photo Eur 474/35
Title:
Letter from Canning to Stanley
Scope & Content:
Progress in pacification of Oudh slower than expected; cannot yet say how Proclamation is received in Oudh, but reception elsewhere is good; Tantia Topi still baffles his pursuers.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Nov 1858
Extent:
1 item

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