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Military Secretary: Miscellaneous Applications & Recommendations
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Series of correspondence, often containing testimonials or statement of services, applying for military positions, including speculative applications. Also correspondence asking for patronage for individuals, or recommending people for positions or promotion. Applications and recommendations ar...
Miscellaneous papers relating to the period Charles Canning served as Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1841-45). Includes material from an earlier date collected by Canning. For additional material relating to Canning's work at the Foreign Office, see also series of material describ...
Material relating to Charles Canning's role as Postmaster General, 1853-55. Papers relating to the French postal service include printed ordnances from 1832 onwards. For papers relating to the postal service in India see Mss Eur F699/1/4/7.
Correspondence between Charles Canning and various political figures, including Lord George Bentinck, Lord Granville, Lord John Russell, Sir Stratford Canning, Lord Hardinge, and William Ewart Gladstone. Also includes file of various political correspondence. Also copies of various parliamentary ...
Various papers relating to matters of International politics, matters of diplomacy and other affairs. Some papers may have been acquired by Charles Canning as briefing papers in relation to his appointment as Governor General of India. For other papers relating to International politics and ot...
Series of miscellaneous personal papers, including those relating to Charles Canning's political positions as Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, as Commissioner for Woods and Forests, and as Postmaster General. Many of the bundles are marked 'F.O.' for Foreign Office. These papers a...
These papers were accumulated by Charles Canning both before and during his time in India, and are separate from the 'official' sequences of papers. They have been arranged into a broadly chronological sequence, and cover the following areas: Mss Eur F699/1/4/7/1-5: Canning's appointment to Ind...
Includes papers relating to the proposed abandonment of Peshawar and Kohat, removed at the request of Charles Canning from the Private Secretary's Papers on Miscellaneous Subjects.
Letters from Charlotte Canning to Charles Canning in India
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Correspondence written by Charlotte Canning to Charles Canning, during periods of separation while in India. Letters have been bound together on green silks, and arranged by journey. These letters were previously filed amongst Charlotte Canning's papers, but have been returned to Charles Cannin...