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491. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/15/13

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/15/13
Title:
56. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Has already telegraphed the most important news from the Gulf. here will be difficulty in getting the Despatches copied for the post, as it is Good Friday. Mohummerah seems to have been very well managed. Havelock writes that the Indian Navy have achieved a signal victory. The Persians held on t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Apr 1857
Extent:
1 item

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

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/15/14
Title:
57. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Writes with reference to General Jacob's remarks that more than 10,000 tons of coal have been sent to the Gulf since Jan, but some of the vessels appear to have been delayed by the strong northerly winds. The framework of the Barracks for 5,000 Europeans and 6,000 'natives' has been sent. The ho...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Apr 1857
Extent:
1 item

493. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/15/15

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/15/15
Title:
58. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Sends a copy of a letter from Sir James Outram. When the letter was written, Outram had not received the full discretionary power he now has, to send back any part of his European Force which he could spare. In transmitting this authority to him, the Bombay Government sent a list of stations to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 May 1857
Extent:
2 items

494. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/15/16

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/15/16
Title:
59. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Has ordered Sir James Outram to send back a whole Division, and hopes he has anticipated Canning's wishes. The protection of Mohummerah is to be left to the Indian Navy. Has also suggested that Outram himself should return to India, and leave Jacob in command. He is sorry to hear that the spirit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 May 1857
Extent:
1 item

495. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/15/17

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/15/17
Title:
60. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
He is glad that Sir James Outram is returning European troops to India, and that it seems likely that the Shah will ratify the Treaty. The events at Meerut make the early return of the European troops most desirable. In Outram's official Despatch, he has very much underestimated some of the item...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 May 1857
Extent:
2 items

496. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/15/18

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/15/18
Title:
60a. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Explains the position at Gujarat, as he fears that Sir Richmond Shakespear's offer of the services of the Baroda Brigade may lead Canning to suppose the position worse than it actually is. On 15 May a very serious riot took place at Broach, trouble having arisen between the Mussulmen and the Par...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Jun 1857
Extent:
2 items

497. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/15/19

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/15/19
Title:
60b. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Forwards letters from Outram and Murray [not enclosed]. All is quiet in the Bombay Presidency, though there is a good deal of alarm, which would probably be quietened by the recovery of Delhi. He has sent a Field Force towards Mhow, hopes Canning will approve. Many people in Bombay think it was ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jun 1857
Extent:
1 item

498. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/15/20

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/15/20
Title:
60c. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Writes that he was told on 2 Jul that telegraphic communication with Indore was cut off, and that the signaller at the station south of the Nerbudda reported heavy firing from that direction. On 4 Jul a message was received from Captain Hungerford, dated 2 Jul, giving particulars of the outbreak...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jul 1857
Extent:
1 item

499. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/15/21

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/15/21
Title:
60d. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
There is better news from Mhow, the post has been regularly received, and the telegraph has just been reopened. Evidently Holkar was not implicated. His troops were probably urged on by the Bengal sepoys at Mhow. The two bodies of men marched off towards Delhi, but quarrelled over booty, and so ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jul 1857
Extent:
2 items

500. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/15/22

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/15/22
Title:
61. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Writes that the news of the insurrection appears to have reached England by telegraph soon after the packet of 26 Jun was closed, when Lord Clarendon sent a short message to the Consul at Marseilles which Elphinstone has already transmitted by both Madras and Hyderabad. It is a pity Clarendon di...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jul 1857
Extent:
1 item