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231. Mss Eur F231/10, f98

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/10, f98
Title:
Letter from Canning to Vernon Smith
Scope & Content:
Death of Anson (C-in-C) from cholera; he had apparently been waiting for siege guns before proceeding to Delhi; though any defeat or check under the walls of Delhi 'in the present temper of India would be disastrous', Canning considers siege guns unnecessary; Sir H Barnard to take command at Delh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jun 1857
Extent:
1 item

232. Mss Eur F231/10, f133

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/10, f133
Title:
Letter from Canning to Vernon Smith
Scope & Content:
Explains detention of King of Oudh and four of his suite in Fort William following deposition of sepoy who was twice tampered with by Muslim describing himself as coming from King's people; King's complicity unproven, but Canning thinks it essential to make it impossible for anyone to claim to sp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Jun 1857
Extent:
1 item

233. Mss Eur F231/3, p25

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/3, p25
Title:
Letter from Canning to Vernon Smith
Scope & Content:
Describes reception accorded King of Oudh (who is in neighbourhood of Calcutta but has not visited Fort William), his refusal to answer letters from one Menzies who [probably falsely] purported to be the King's agent, and Oudh Court's repudiation of Bird.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jun 1856
Extent:
1 item

234. Mss Eur F231/3, p48

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/3, p48
Title:
Letter from Canning to Vernon Smith
Scope & Content:
Differences with C-in-C over their respective powers regarding staff appointments, and expense of his forthcoming inspection tour; agrees C-in-C needs Interpreter 'who is also an English Gentleman'; perverseness of C-in-C in appointing only Queen's officers to his staff; comments favourably on Ge...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jun 1856
Extent:
1 item

235. Mss Eur F231/3, p50

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/3, p50
Title:
Letter from Canning to Vernon Smith
Scope & Content:
Order restored among Santals in Hazaribagh, and in Kimedi country; mutinous men of Raja of Tulsipore have surrendered forts and themselves; he has been detained, and his followers have been given three months arrears of pay; no sympathy shown by people or proprietors in Oudh for Raja or his follo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jun 1856
Extent:
1 item

236. Mss Eur F231/3, p151

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/3, p151
Title:
Letter from Vernon Smith to Canning
Scope & Content:
Urges Canning to get Legislative Council to enact as much of Law Commission's recommendations as possible as Sir J Jervis (Chief Justice of Common Pleas) and Robert Lowe (Whig politician) are highly critical of Vernon Smith for not acting on its work without reference to India; slow progress on W...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Aug 1856
Extent:
1 item

237. Mss Eur F231/3, p172

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/3, p172
Title:
Letter from Vernon Smith to Canning
Scope & Content:
Orders have been sent to start Persian expedition to seize Bushire and Kharaq; is urging Elphinstone to active commissariat preparations should objects be extended to Shiraz, but agrees with Canning difficulties begin there; Dost Muhammad should be encouraged to attack Persia; Clerk thinks 10,000...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Sep 1856
Extent:
1 item

238. Mss Eur F231/3, p180

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/3, p180
Title:
Letter from Vernon Smith to Canning
Scope & Content:
Thinks despatch of English officers to Herat would be feasible (extraordinary lack of news from there), but otherwise agrees with Canning's letter of 22 August; important that Dost Muhammad understands he is being helped to expel Persians from Herat, but not to install himself who has no right to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Oct 1856
Extent:
1 item

239. Mss Eur F231/3, p201

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/3, p201
Title:
Letter from Vernon Smith to Canning
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Canning's letter of 23 October; plans for Persian expedition; orders sent to Canning to send force to Shuster [sc Shushtar] which will require no more troops than force originally proposed before Canning's reduction; Cabinet puzzled by latter; if Canning is really pressed, suggests t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Dec 1856
Extent:
1 item

240. Mss Eur F231/3, p210

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/3, p210
Title:
Letter from Vernon Smith to Canning
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Canning's letter of 22 November; anxieties in England that insufficient force sent to Persia; Vernon Smith hopes Canning is continually sending reinforcements according to authority sent by Secret Committee's letter of 24 November; Russians suspected of covert support for Persia; agr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jan 1857
Extent:
1 item