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131. Mss Eur F231/8, f60

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Mss Eur F231/8, f60
Title:
Letter from Vernon Smith to Canning
Scope & Content:
Refers to Canning's letters of 22 September; preparations for Persian expedition; possibility of placing Outram in command; agrees on keeping aloof from Afghan entanglements, but current events 'force us into interference'; urges action on Law Commission for domestic political reasons; he and Man...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Nov 1856
Extent:
1 item

132. Mss Eur F231/8, f63

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Mss Eur F231/8, f63
Title:
Letter from Vernon Smith to Canning
Scope & Content:
Refers to Canning's letter of 8 October; appointment of Outram to command Persian expedition with both political and military powers; Vernon Smith hopes Canning will not think appointment an invasion of his privileges; Outram's instructions; Clarendon's annoyance at Canning's reduction of force; ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Nov 1856
Extent:
1 item

133. Mss Eur F231/8, f76

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/8, f76
Title:
Letter from Vernon Smith to Canning
Scope & Content:
Refers to Canning's letter of 7 December; Herat fell by treachery rather than force; agrees with most of Canning's views on Afghanistan; Bushire and Kharaq good equivalent for Herat; need to maintain pressure on Persia by warlike preparations; need for reinforcements for Bushire; opinion at home ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jan 1857
Extent:
1 item

134. Mss Eur F231/8, f81

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/8, f81
Title:
Letter from Vernon Smith to Canning
Scope & Content:
Attack on Persian war in Lords stronger than in Commons; negotiations with Persia; Lord Ellenborough's and Vernon Smith's views on importance of Herat – whatever its real value, repeated assertions of its importance would make it ignominious not to protect it; ideally, Kabul, Kandahar and Herat s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Feb 1857
Extent:
1 item

135. Mss Eur F231/8, f92

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Mss Eur F231/8, f92
Title:
Letter from Vernon Smith to Canning
Scope & Content:
[Refers to Canning's letter of 23 January]; complains at lack of notice of 5% loan; peace negotiations; he and Clarendon approve treaty with Amir of Afghanistan but payments to Amir might be stopped even before ratification of peace treaty with Persia; Canning not expect at present troops from En...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Mar 1857
Extent:
1 item

136. Mss Eur F231/8, f95

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/8, f95
Title:
Letter from Vernon Smith to Canning
Scope & Content:
Refers to Canning's letter of 7 February; comments on Persian campaign, Paris peace negotiations, and possible movement of troops to China; sorry to hear of 'small emeute' about cartridges 'but it exhibits the mine upon which Indian Govt stands'; has visited Queen of Oudh; Queen Victoria feels Di...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Mar 1857
Extent:
1 item

137. Mss Eur F231/8, f107

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/8, f107
Title:
Letter from Vernon Smith to Canning
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Canning's letters of 22 and 23 March; Turkish ambassador's favourable attitude to Persian campaign; comments on Sir W Napier's History of General Sir Charles Napier's conquest of Sind (2nd edn 1857) – 'a tissue of lies' – and animosity of Ellenborough and Napiers towards Outram; Govt...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 May 1857
Extent:
1 item

138. Mss Eur F231/8, f113

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Mss Eur F231/8, f113
Title:
Letter from Vernon Smith to Canning
Scope & Content:
Refers to Canning's letters of 9 April; approves Canning's resolution to have nothing to do with Kashmir; asks for earlier information on Indian events likely to excite interest in England (e.g. proceedings of Legislative Council) – it often reaches Board of Control after other interested parties...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 May 1857
Extent:
1 item

139. Mss Eur F231/8, f117

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/8, f117
Title:
Letter from Vernon Smith to Canning
Scope & Content:
Has heard of mutiny of 9th Bengal Cavalry at Meerut from telegraph message from Agra to Bombay included in Bombay mail which arrived yesterday; hopes 'repetition of disaffection breaking out at intervals' will lead to deep enquiry into causes, which Vernon Smith attributes to idleness, religion, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jun 1857
Extent:
1 item

140. Mss Eur F231/8, f135

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/8, f135
Title:
Letter from Vernon Smith to Canning
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Canning's letter of 19 June (1) - the last received though he had letters from Harris and Elphinstone of 28 June and 1 July; his anxieties regarding delays in taking Delhi; Disraeli's foolish proposal for Royal Commission of enquiry; approves Canning's intention of avenging outrages,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Aug 1857
Extent:
1 item