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Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur Photo Eur 476/7
Title:: Letter from Vernon Smith to Canning
Scope & Content:: Unclear as to position of Havelock and Outram at Lucknow and Alambagh; transport and commissariat and Disraeli's attacks on Govt; question of sea versus overland route for sending reinforcements; financial situation of Company; sepoys to be sent to China - Palmerston advised addition of British t...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 10 Dec 1857
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur Photo Eur 476/8
Title:: Letter from Vernon Smith to Canning
Scope & Content:: News of relief of Lucknow; Capt Lowe's account of siege of Delhi; honours for Wilson and others, and difficulty of rewarding those who have prevented outbreaks (e.g. (Sir) Bartle Frere in Sind); has not yet received Canning's answer to petition for his recall;, encloses heads of bill for better g...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 26 Dec 1857
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur Photo Eur 476/9
Title:: Letter from Vernon Smith to Canning
Scope & Content:: Refers to Canning's letter of 25 November; gloom at Havelock's death; procedure for recommending honours; agrees on inadvisability of giving offence to Indian religious sensibilities but opinion in England, including Times, has become extremely anti-Muslim; Canning should be very cautious on ques...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 8 Jan 1858
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur Photo Eur 476/10
Title:: Letter from Vernon Smith to Canning
Scope & Content:: Cabinet concern regarding risk to Campbell's life and its proposals for army commands in event of his being disabled; Cabinet inclined to accept Jung Bahadur's request for return of Nepalese territory as price of his assistance, despite giving appearance of weakness; asks for estimate of number o...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 26 Jan 1858
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur Photo Eur 476/11
Title:: Letter from Vernon Smith to Canning
Scope & Content:: Defends himself and colleagues from implication in Canning's letter of 24 December that they had not done enough to vindicate him; question of transportation of sepoys to Andamans or colonies; renewing proposal to Court of Directors regarding 'black' regiments [this time apparently to be raised i...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 9 Feb 1858
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur Photo Eur 476/12
Title:: Letter from Ellenborough to Canning
Scope & Content:: Unexpected change of Government sends him back to the India Board [Lord Palmerston's Government had fallen a few days earlier and had been succeeded by a Conservative administration under Lord Derby, with the Earl of Ellenborough becoming President of the Board of Control for the fourth time]; ha...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 24 Feb 1858
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur Photo Eur 476/13
Title:: Letter from Vernon Smith to Canning
Scope & Content:: Comments on fall of Palmerston's Ministry and reactions of East India Company Directors; reviews arguments for and against Canning's resignation (including comments on unpleasant tone of Derby and Ellenborough towards Canning); as his last act has appointed G E L Cotton (Headmaster of Marlborough...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 25 Feb 1858
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur Photo Eur 476/14
Title:: Letter from Ellenborough to Canning
Scope & Content:: Intention to introduce bill to transfer Government of India to the Crown within next fortnight; recruitment for India going very well; hopes by next mail to send Secret Letter regarding reward for Jung Bahadur (of Nepal) and revision of treaties with native princes – need to reward those who have...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 9 Mar 1858
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur Photo Eur 476/15
Title:: Letter from Ellenborough to Canning
Scope & Content:: Elgin's force at Canton is inadequate; asks Canning to send 'what native troops you can. It is good for you to get them out of India' and good for him to have them.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 9 Mar 1858
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur Photo Eur 476/16
Title:: Letter from Vernon Smith to Canning
Scope & Content:: Ellenborough's only sign of life towards Vernon Smith has been curt note approving of Elphinstone's appointment as provisionanl Governor-General; Pratt's exclusion has been attributed to Canning; fuss over this appointment convinces Vernon Smith that attacks on Canning emanated from low church pa...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 9 Mar 1858
Extent:: 1 item

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