‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles January 16.1857’
Scope & Content:
This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (8 December 1856, Number 61) and the Government of Bombay (16-17 December 1856, Numbers 99-100, 103, 105-107). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies. The...
‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, April 2d. 1857.’
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This bundle consists of summaries of letters from Sir James Outram (in command of the British army in the Anglo-Persian War) to Lord Clarendon (George William Frederick Villiers, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs), dated 11, 22 and 23 April 1857. The summary of the letter dated 11...
‘Secret Letters received by way of Marseilles, April 14. 1857.’
Scope & Content:
This bundle consists of summaries of official secret letters received from the Governor General of India in Council (7 March 1857, Numbers 12-13; 18 March 1857, Numbers 63-67; and 19 March 1857, Numbers 68-72). The amount of detail for each entry varies. The summaries mostly concern: troops, ar...
‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, April 28. 1857.’
Scope & Content:
This bundle consists of summaries of official secret letters received from the Governor General of India in Council (21 March 1857, Number 14; 24 March 1857, Number 15; 27 March 1857, Number 73; 30 March 1857, Number 74; 31 March 1857, Numbers 74-76; 2 April 1857, Numbers 77-79; and 17 April, un...
‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, May 18. 1857.’
Scope & Content:
This bundle consists of summaries of official secret letters received, from the Governor General of India in Council (8 April 1857, Numbers 16-17), and from Bombay [presumably the Government of Bombay] (16 April 1857, Numbers 80-87). The summaries of the letters from the Governor General ackno...
‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, June 8: 1857.’
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This bundle consists of summaries of letters, sent by way of Marseilles, from the Governor General of India in Council (2 May 1857, Numbers 20-22), and from Bombay [presumably the Government of Bombay] (11 May, Numbers 99-104). The summaries relate to Candahar [Kandahar or Qandahar], China, Sa...
‘Secret Letters received July 14. 1857 via Marseilles’
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This bundle consists of summaries of letters from the Governor General of India in Council (3 June, Numbers 26-27; 5 June, Number 28; 6 June, Number 29). The summaries concern the 1857 Indian Mutiny [Rebellion or Uprising], including summaries of reports from the Chief Commissioner of the Punj...
‘Secret Letters received July 14. 1857 via Marseilles’
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This file consists of: A summary of a letter from Sir James Outram to the Governor General of India (2 May 1857), regarding regiments being sent to India, and Outram’s intention to remove all the troops from Mohamra [Mohammerah, now Khorramshahr] and to place at Karrah and Bushire [Bushehr] all ...
‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, June 29. 1857’
Scope & Content:
This bundle consists of summaries of official secret letters received, from the Governor General of India in Council (16 May 1857, Numbers 23-25), and from Bombay (presumably the Government of Bombay) (27 May 1857, Numbers 105-115).The summaries of letters from the Governor General relate to Chi...
This bundle consists of summaries of official secret letters received, mainly from the Governor General of India in Council (17 June 1857, Number 30; 19 June 1857, Number 31; 19 June 1857, Numbers 32-35), and from Bombay [presumably the Government of Bombay] (24 June 1857, Numbers 128-132; 25 Jun...