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241. Mss Eur F231/4, p27

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/4, p27
Title:
Letter from Canning to Vernon Smith
Scope & Content:
How dispute with Persia should be presented to 'our own Orientals' - comments on last letter from Lord Clarendon (Foreign Secretary) to Persia and his own much simpler proclamation to India; [refers to Vernon Smith's letter of 10 October]; no admission given Amir that he has any rights over Herat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Nov 1856
Extent:
1 item

242. Mss Eur F231/4, p118

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/4, p118
Title:
Letter from Canning to Vernon Smith
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Vernon Smith's letter of 10 January; minutes and papers on Herat and operations in Afghanistan go home by this mail; only member of Governor-General's Council who hankers after advance on Herat is (Sir) J P Grant; refers to his letters of 7 and 22 December (1) and 8 January (2) and s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Feb 1857
Extent:
1 item

243. Mss Eur F231/4, p140

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/4, p140
Title:
Letter from Canning to Vernon Smith
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Vernon Smith's letter of 10 February; defends his proclamation of war; hopes nothing he has written either officially or privately on non-feasibility of expedition to Herat will embarrass Govt with Directors; but is not sorry if record of his views stands in way of Govt committing 'a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Mar 1857
Extent:
1 item

244. Mss Eur F231/4, p174

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/4, p174
Title:
Letter from Vernon Smith to Canning
Scope & Content:
Discusses, and asks Canning's opinion on question of increasing Indian establishment of Queen's troops to be able to repress revolts among Indian troops and defend extended territories; Duke of Cambridge (C-in-C, British Army) hears constantly from officers of apprehensions of discontent among na...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Apr 1857
Extent:
1 item

245. Mss Eur F231/5, p4

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/5, p4
Title:
Letter from Canning to Vernon Smith
Scope & Content:
Disbandment of 19th N.I; 2nd Grenadiers shows signs of repentance, but describes further disturbances in 34th N.I; conduct of Colonels of 19th and 34th is under scrutiny; Lt-Col S G Wheler of 34th a religious zealot and if his regiment's disaffection proves traceable to his indiscretion he may ha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Apr 1857
Extent:
1 item

246. Mss Eur F231/5, p52

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/5, p52
Title:
Letter from Canning to Vernon Smith
Scope & Content:
In case report in Bengal Hurkaru and similar statements in private letters home should alarm Vernon Smith, Canning castigates 'old women some of them with swords by their sides' who are spreading alarm and despondency at Calcutta and make Canning 'ashamed for Englishmen'; no cause for fearing tro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 May 1857
Extent:
1 item

247. Mss Eur F231/5, p154

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/5, p154
Title:
Letter from Canning to Vernon Smith
Scope & Content:
Situation at Delhi; protracted delay in taking it 'lamentable in its effects'; Anson should not have waited for siege train; problems of carriage and commissariat have also caused delay; failure of army staff, especially medical staff, to appreciate need for speed; wishes Sir John Lawrence was ne...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Jun 1857
Extent:
1 item

248. Mss Eur F231/5, p247

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/5, p247
Title:
Letter from Vernon Smith to Canning
Scope & Content:
Comments on Havelock; chief value of honours for him and others was their speedy announcement and Vernon Smith therefore overcame some opposition to granting them; asks for information to deal with criticisms of failure to provide steam or gun boats on Ganges, and inconsistency in first refusing ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Oct 1857
Extent:
1 item

249. Mss Eur F231/10, f69 (2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/10, f69 (2)
Title:
Letter from Canning to Vernon Smith
Scope & Content:
[Refers to Vernon Smith's letter of 10 March 1857]; defends lack of notice in raising interest on loan, and embarrassments caused Govt of India by Company's present system for drawing upon it, which Canning suspects has 'other evils'; protests at intention to subject Army Commander in Persia and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Apr 1857
Extent:
1 item

250. Mss Eur F231/1, f150

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/1, f150
Title:
Letter from Vernon Smith to Dalhousie
Scope & Content:
Announces his appointment and asks for continuance of confidential correspondence, 'the invaluable benefit' of which he has been informed by Wood. [The appointment of Robert Vernon Smith (later Lord Lyveden) as President of the Board of Control was announced on 3 March 1855]
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Mar 1855
Extent:
1 item