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401. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/69

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/69
Title:
49. Letter from Sir Henry G. Ward
Scope & Content:
Thanks Canning for his kind letter of 24 Jun. It will take time for Ward's appointment to show results, he has all his job to learn, and public opinion has been most unfavourably affected by the events of the last few months. There is an immense sympathy with Sir Charles Trevelyan, not as the op...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jul 1860
Extent:

1 item

402. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/70

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/70
Title:
50. Letter from William A. Morehead
Scope & Content:
Thanks Canning for his kind letter. He thinks the taxation may be carried out successfully. The Madras Government have made some additions to the judicious instructions of the Supreme Government, and a brief vernacular paper on the measure has been widely circulated. The Madras officials estimat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Sep 1860
Extent:

1 item

403. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/71

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/71
Title:
51. Letter from William A. Morehead
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Hopes that Canning has received the telegram recommending Lieutenant Duncan 46th Native Infantry as organiser of the new Police in Pegu. Praises Duncan. The Income Tax is now accepted as a matter of course, admits that he was wrong in expecting trouble when the tax was first mentioned. The Arms ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Oct 1860
Extent:

1 item

404. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/72

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/72
Title:
52. Letter from William A. Morehead
Scope & Content:
All goes well in Madras. The towns' assessors have some difficulty in discovering the owners of houses. The Pegu Superintendent of Police is to leave by the first Nov steamer. Has sent a General Order about Army reductions, hopes it will be approved. Has heard from Sir Charles Wood that the Pres...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Oct 1860
Extent:

1 item

405. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/73

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/73
Title:
53. Letter from Sir William Denison
Scope & Content:
Written from Government House, Sydney. Denison has been told that he has been appointed to Madras, and that he was to go there as quickly as possible. Sir Charles Wood said that Denison might as well see Canning on his way, and that Canning would tell him about this when Denison reached Galle. D...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Nov 1860
Extent:

1 item

406. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/74

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/74
Title:
54. Letter from William A. Morehead
Scope & Content:
Thanks Canning for his kind letter of 21 Nov. Expects Sir William Denison about 25 Jan. A letter has been sent to the Supreme Government on their interference with small details, the letter was drawn up with care and Morehead thinks it is a just and discreet one. The amount to be realised by the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1860
Extent:

4 items

407. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/75

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/75
Title:
55. Letter from William A. Morehead
Scope & Content:
Expects Sir William Denison about 25 Jan. Urges the substitution of the Madras Regular troops for the Nagpore Irregulars, because the Madras Army deserves to be treated with some consideration, and the Nagpore Irregulars are unreliable. Sends a memorandum by Lieutenant Colonel Woods, Adjutant Ge...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Dec 1860
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2 items

408. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/76

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/76
Title:
55a. Letter from William A. Morehead
Scope & Content:
Names two officers fit to succeed Sir Mark Cubbon, Frank Maltby and Brigadier W C McLeod. Discusses the two men. Hopes that the Rajah (of Mysore) will continue to resist pressure from the Brahmins, and continue in his refusal to adopt an heir. He will not adopt anyway until he believes he is dyi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jan 1861
Extent:

1 item

409. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/77

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/77
Title:
56. Letter from Sir William Denison
Scope & Content:
Understands that Canning is not in any immediate hurry to see him, and wishes to postpone his visit to Calcutta until after the 20th, so that he can spend the intervening time with his wife and four children, who are going home to England. The time will not be ill spent, he is learning about the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Feb 1861
Extent:

1 item

410. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/78

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/78
Title:
56a. Letter from Sir William Denison
Scope & Content:
Has recommended that Military Establishments for the whole of India should be one of the special reservations which should be made, if the Presidencies were allowed to legislate in local matters for themselves. Discusses military arrangements. Begins with the premise that India must be held by t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Mar 1861
Extent:

1 item