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21. Mss Eur F213/24, p60

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Mss Eur F213/24, p60
Title:
Letter from Dalhousie to Hobhouse
Scope & Content:
Gough's complete victory over Sikhs and Afghans at battle of Gujrat on 21 February; briefly describes battle (full details in despatches going by same mail); believes victory will impress on Native powers a conviction of the great superiority in military resources and science of British Army apar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Mar 1849
Extent:
1 item

22. Mss Eur F213/24, p114

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Mss Eur F213/24, p114
Title:
Letter from Dalhousie to Hobhouse
Scope & Content:
Is sorry to have troubled Hobhouse about Capt Ramsay, but his letter of 16 January was written before he knew Ramsay's petition for Brevet Majority had already been rejected.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Mar 1849
Extent:
1 item

23. Mss Eur F213/24, p124

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Mss Eur F213/24, p124
Title:
Letter from Dalhousie to Hobhouse
Scope & Content:
Submits his own honours list for recent campaign and comments on those particularly deserving reward, including Maj (later Sir) George Lawrence, Capt (Sir) James Abbott, Lt Herbert, Maj Frederick Mackeson, and (Sir) Henry Elliot (Foreign Secretary to Govt of India).; accepts that if Hobhouse disa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Apr 1849
Extent:
1 item

24. Mss Eur F213/24, p129

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F213/24, p129
Title:
Letter from Dalhousie to Hobhouse
Scope & Content:
War is now over; flight of Dost Muhammad; justifies his annexation of Punjab without waiting for instructions from home on grounds that it was falling into anarchy; failure to act would have meant loss of revenue and of authority; has sent despatch explaining why whole of Punjab must be taken, wh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Apr 1849
Extent:
1 item

25. Mss Eur F213/24, p139

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Mss Eur F213/24, p139
Title:
Letter from Dalhousie to Hobhouse
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Hobhouse's letter of 7 March, 'the substance and the tone of which have deeply pained me'; defends position taken in his letter of 22 January on question of Gough's continuance in office; vehemently denies he has ever in private correspondence complained either that Gough was continu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Apr 1849
Extent:
1 item

26. Mss Eur F213/24, p158

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Mss Eur F213/24, p158
Title:
Letter from Dalhousie to Hobhouse
Scope & Content:
In view of George Thompson's troublesomeness on subject of Indian Princes, encloses information on him supplied by Sir T Metcalfe (Agent to the Governor-General at Delhi).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Apr 1849
Extent:
1 item

27. Mss Eur F213/24, p166

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Mss Eur F213/24, p166
Title:
Letter from Dalhousie to Hobhouse
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Hobhouse's letter ot 24 March; Napier's presence to advise on frontier military arrangements would be helpful but not essential; delicate problems regarding relations with Gough including question whether he is to be superseded or succeeded by Napier (Wellington has unfortunately giv...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 May 1849
Extent:
1 item

28. Mss Eur F213/24, p187

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F213/24, p187
Title:
Letter from Dalhousie to Hobhouse
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Hobhouse's letters of 21 April and 7 May; gratitude at his own name's inclusion in parliamentary vote of thanks; his relations with Gough; his unpopular order that ladies were not to go beyond Lahore; Cunningham's book; problem of honours and rewards; has acceded to Mulraj's wish for...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jun 1849
Extent:
1 item

29. Mss Eur F213/24, p240

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F213/24, p240
Title:
Letter from Dalhousie to Hobhouse
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Hobhouse's letter of 24 July (1); discusses batta and distribution of prize money; only effect of grant of batta seems to have been grumbling that it was not double; all quiet in Punjab and elsewhere; sickness of Henry Lawrence and other prominent figures testifies to severity of the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Sep 1849
Extent:
1 item

30. Mss Eur F213/24, p267

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F213/24, p267
Title:
Letter from Dalhousie to Hobhouse
Scope & Content:
Commiserations on death of Hobhouse's eldest daughter; Chattur Singh et al to be sent to fortresses in Hindustan; all troops in Punjab to be relieved this winter, and relieving corps will be on same pay rates as elsewhere in India, except that, given native prejudice against serving beyond Indus,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Oct 1849
Extent:
1 item

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