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441. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/14

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/14
Title:
12. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
States that he had read and sent on Canning's letter to Colonel Jacob. It is true that Jacob's letters are self-sufficient and conceited, but he is nevertheless a very able man, with great experience of the Sind Frontier. He has transformed all the district within the Frontier from a wilderness ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jun 1856
Extent:
1 item

442. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/15

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/15
Title:
13. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Writes that the Reports of the Law Commissioners have not yet been received, and Mr Beadon will be asked officially if there are any spare copies at Calcutta.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jul 1856
Extent:
1 item

443. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/16

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/16
Title:
14. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges receipt of a letter from Canning. He has heard from Vernon Smith, who wrote that Dost Mahomed and the de facto ruler of Herat were to be supplied with arms and officers, and if this assistance was not sufficient to drive out the Persians, Persia must be attacked in the south. Elphin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Aug 1856
Extent:
1 item

444. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/17

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/17
Title:
15. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Sends a memorandum from Sir Henry Somerset. Elphinstone thinks it will be difficult to send the 3rd Light Cavalry from Rajkote and embark them at Poorbundee. It is perhaps well that Somerset does not propose to send any of the Sind Horse, if Jacob's plan is likely to be adopted. The 78th Highlan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Aug 1856
Extent:
2 items

445. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/18

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/18
Title:
16. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Answers Canning's most private note of 26 Jul. Elphinstone has no means of judging what Sir Henry Somerset's wishes may be, beyond a general impression that he would be glad to see service in any quarter, and would go with good will. He is a gallant soldier with much experience of bush fighting ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Aug 1856
Extent:
1 item

446. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/19

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/19
Title:
17. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Writes further to his most private note of 9 Aug. Colonel Bates writing from London on 10 Jul informed Elphinstone that he had heard from Colonel Rawlinson there was great probability of an Expedition against Persia; it would consist of 10,000 men, and Bates might accompany it. Bates wrote that ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Aug 1856
Extent:
1 item

447. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/20

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/20
Title:
18. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Has already replied to Canning by telegraph that the 'Assaye' will carry the Despatches to the Persian Gulf. Elphinstone has read Canning's letters to Captain Kemball and Captain Jones, and has himself written some supplementary questions to Kemball, who was for many years Resident at Bushire. S...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Aug 1856
Extent:
5 items

448. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/21

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/21
Title:
19. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Sends abstracts of the Secret Despatches, thinking they might reach Canning a few days sooner than the originals by the steamer. Vernon Smith thinks that there is little doubt that an expedition will be sent to the Gulf, Elphinstone is to be fully prepared to send a force capable of capturing Ka...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Aug 1856
Extent:
2 items

449. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/22

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/22
Title:
20. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Writes that the orders received by the last mail appear to deal only with the occupation of Karrack and Bushire, and therefore it seems unnecessary to write further to the Resident at Bushire and the Political Agent at Baghdad. A steamer would have to be hired especially to carry the letters. If...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Aug 1856
Extent:
2 items

450. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/23

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/23
Title:
21. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Writes further to his letter of 23 Aug. The Expedition depends upon the Sedr Azim's answer to Lord Clarendon's Despatch of 11 Jul and this answer is not likely to reach London before 11 Sep. Final instructions will not therefore reach Bombay before 20 Oct. There seems little point in hiring tran...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Aug 1856
Extent:
1 item