Governor General: Administration of the North West Provinces
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The position of Lieutenant Governor of the North West Provinces was held by John Russell Colvin from 7 Nov 1853 until his death on 9 Sep 1857; Edward A. Reade was in acting charge from 10-30 Sep 1857; Colonel Hugh Fraser held the position from 30 Sep 1857 until 9 Feb 1858. The Governor General...
Private Secretary: Registers and Indexes of Letters Received
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Bound volumes of registers and indexes of letters received by the Private Secretary to the Governor General. The letters themselves are found in the Private Secretary: Letters Received series at Mss Eur F699/1/2/2. The pages of the register volumes are divided into the following columns: the nu...
This sub-series contains folders of numbered sets of correspondence, each set usually consisting of an original letter sent to the Private Secretary to the Governor General, or to the Governor General, a copy of the reply from the Private Secretary, and any other papers. The correspondence was o...
Three bound volumes containing copies of letters from the Private Secretary to the Governor General to numerous individuals. These letters are mostly replies to letters sent to the Private Secretary to the Governor General, or to the Governor General, concerning applications for posts, and other...
Private Secretary: Papers to be Placed with Private Secretary's Office Papers
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Three folders of papers marked to be placed with the Private Secretary's Office papers: papers regarding the contingents and garrisons of Central India; papers regarding the restoration of the Gwalior Fort to Scindia and other matters, and copies of despatches from Sir H. Rawlinson, Tehran, to S...
Private Secretary: Registers and Papers on Miscellaneous Subjects
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Series of miscellaneous papers, manuscript and printed, on subjects as diverse as finances, taxation, agriculture, road building, railways, relationships with Indian princes, matters of governance, legislation, the Mutiny, the Army, the Police etc., filed in the Private Secretary's Office. Each ...
Private Secretary: Register and Copies of Telegrams Received
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This sub-series consists of folders of telegrams and copies of telegrams received from various individuals, which are mostly addressed to the Governor General or the Private Secretary to the Governor General, and a register volume in which the telegrams were recorded. (The successive Private Sec...
Private Secretary: Register and Copies of Telegrams Despatched
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This sub-series consists of folders of copies of telegrams sent to various individuals, mostly from the Governor General, Charles Canning, or the Private Secretary to the Governor General, and a register volume in which the telegrams were recorded. (The successive Private Secretaries during this...
Private Secretary: Register and Copies of Official Telegrams Received in the Public Offices
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This sub-series consists of folders of copies of telegrams received in the Public Offices for the information of the Private Secretary to the Governor General, and a register volume in which the telegrams were recorded. The copy telegrams are mostly addressed to the Secretaries to the Government...