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31. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/15/16

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/15/16
Title:
59. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Has ordered Sir James Outram to send back a whole Division, and hopes he has anticipated Canning's wishes. The protection of Mohummerah is to be left to the Indian Navy. Has also suggested that Outram himself should return to India, and leave Jacob in command. He is sorry to hear that the spirit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 May 1857
Extent:
1 item

32. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/15/20

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/15/20
Title:
60c. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Writes that he was told on 2 Jul that telegraphic communication with Indore was cut off, and that the signaller at the station south of the Nerbudda reported heavy firing from that direction. On 4 Jul a message was received from Captain Hungerford, dated 2 Jul, giving particulars of the outbreak...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jul 1857
Extent:
1 item

33. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/15/21

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/15/21
Title:
60d. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
There is better news from Mhow, the post has been regularly received, and the telegraph has just been reopened. Evidently Holkar was not implicated. His troops were probably urged on by the Bengal sepoys at Mhow. The two bodies of men marched off towards Delhi, but quarrelled over booty, and so ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jul 1857
Extent:
2 items

34. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/15/25

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/15/25
Title:
62a. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Sends a copy of a letter from John Russell Colvin. Elphinstone's confidence in the native troops of the Presidency has been considerably shaken by the reports reaching him in the last few days. There has been a partial mutiny in one regiment at Kolapore, and an officer of great energy has been s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Aug 1857
Extent:
2 items

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