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281. Mss Eur F231/3, p60 (1)

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Mss Eur F231/3, p60 (1)
Title:
Letter from Canning to Vernon Smith
Scope & Content:
Encloses letter [not present] to Queen who asked him to write to her from time to time; Vernon Smith need not fear any constitutional impropriety give topics to which Canning has confined himself; difference between him and his Council on C-in-C's tour.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jul 1856
Extent:
1 item

282. Mss Eur F231/6, p22

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/6, p22
Title:
Letter from Canning to Vernon Smith
Scope & Content:
Refers to Vernon Smith's letter of 26 November; among Sir P Grant, Elphinstone and Outram, favours Outram as provisional Governor-General – his appointment would create less awkwardness with Campbell than Grant's.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jan 1858
Extent:
1 item

283. Mss Eur F231/11, f5

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/11, f5
Title:
Letter from Canning to Vernon Smith
Scope & Content:
Report of capture of Delhi on 14th except for Palace; reports generally on situation elsewhere in India, mentioning among other things: report of Wheeler's surrender at Cawnpore – if true 'a terrible blow', and though 'vengeance will be speedy… the moral effect will not easily be effaced'; has au...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jul 1857
Extent:
1 item

284. Mss Eur F231/11, f13

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/11, f13
Title:
Letter from Canning to Vernon Smith
Scope & Content:
Report of fall of Delhi was false; bazaar reports say he was still outside town on 4th; failure to attack earlier now makes long siege probable; difficulties of reinforcing Barnard's army; Delhi's retention by rebels 'will work mischief everywhere'; Canning's greatest fear is for Deccan; further ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jul 1857
Extent:
1 item

285. Mss Eur F231/11, f74

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/11, f74
Title:
Letter from Canning to Vernon Smith
Scope & Content:
Campbell advancing on Lucknow with 5000 men of all arms, 13 mortars, and 18 or 20 field guns including 24 pounders (but not 68 pounders); Outram's last message says he can hold out till end of November on reduced rations, but garrison will be weaker and less able to co-operate with relievers; sit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Nov 1857
Extent:
1 item

286. Mss Eur F231/11, f102

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/11, f102
Title:
Letter from Canning to Vernon Smith
Scope & Content:
Refers to Vernon Smith's letter of 26 November; among Sir P Grant, Elphinstone and Outram, favours Outram as provisional Governor-General – his appointment would create less awkwardness with Campbell than Grant's.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jan 1858
Extent:
1 item

287. Mss Eur F231/1, f32

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/1, f32
Title:
Letter from Dalhousie to Wood, Ootacamund
Scope & Content:
Refers to Wood's letter of 23 December; is sorry Wood seems to be wavering in his support for Dalhousie's proposals for military reductions; contests argument that India provides a valuable training ground for Queen's cavalry; impolitic and unjust to expect India to provide cavalry reserve which ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Mar 1855
Extent:
1 item

288. Mss Eur F231/1, f162

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/1, f162
Title:
Letter from Vernon Smith to Dalhousie
Scope & Content:
Wood says he will reply to Dalhousie's letter of 16 March; Vernon Smith agrees with Dalhousie on question of granting lands to stipendiary Princes; of other subjects mentioned in that letter, it is the loan that occupies attention here - surmises arguments Disraeli will use to attack it, but does...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 May 1855
Extent:
1 item

289. Mss Eur F231/1, f205

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/1, f205
Title:
Letter from Vernon Smith to Dalhousie
Scope & Content:
Refers to Dalhousie's letter of 8 October; if Mackenzie's murder was caused by interference with religious customs, most peremptory instructions should be issued to prevent recurrence – 'I cannot conceive any deeper hazard to our Indian Empire than that a spirit of religious sentimentality should...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Nov 1855
Extent:
1 item

290. Mss Eur F231/2, f72

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/2, f72
Title:
Letter from Dalhousie to Vernon Smith
Scope & Content:
Award only of CB (rather than KCB) to Cubbon now confirmed – Dalhousie strongly argues that this decision be reconsidered since it is not only an injustice to Cubbon but an affront to Madras Presidency.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Mar 1856
Extent:
1 item

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