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Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F699/2/2/1/6
Title:: Journal written during visits to Scotland and Spain with Lord Canning
Scope & Content:: Lady Canning's journal, containing accounts of two trips taken with Lord Canning. The first trip was to Scotland, 12 Aug-11 Oct 1850. On the second trip, 6 Jul - 14 Oct 1852, the Cannings sailed to Vigo, Spain and visited Santiago de Compostela, accompanied by Lord Shelburne. They then travelled...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 12 Aug 1850-14 Oct 1852
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F699/2/2/2/1
Title:: Journal of the journey from England to India via Egypt
Scope & Content:: Charlotte Canning's journal recording the Cannings' voyage to India, via Paris, Marseilles, Malta, Egypt, Suez, Aden, Bombay, Ceylon, and Madras to Calcutta. Includes details of a trip down the Nile to Thebes, Dec 1855; their stay with Lord Elphinstone in Bombay, Jan 1856, and with Lord Harris i...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 27 Nov 1855-4 Sep 1856
Extent:: 1 volume & 1 fascicule (2 items, 3 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F699/2/2/2/2
Title:: India Journal
Scope & Content:: Charlotte Canning's journal recording her activities in India from Sep 1856 onwards. Some entries are brief diary entries, other longer entries record her experiences in more detail. Includes pasted in newspaper cuttings from Feb to Jun 1857 recording military action in Persia, and then the begi...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 5 Sep 1856-29 Jun 1857
Extent:: 1 volume & 1 fascicule (6 items, 7 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F699/2/2/2/3
Title:: India Journal
Scope & Content:: Charlotte Canning's journal recording her activities and experiences in India, particularly in relating to the uprising or 'Mutiny'. Contains intelligence as it was received in Calcutta, including rumours. Includes pasted in newspaper cuttings, primarily relating to the 'Mutiny'. Volume origin...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Jun 1857-Dec 1857
Extent:: 1 volume & 3 fascicules (112 loose items, 136 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F699/2/2/2/4
Title:: India Journal
Scope & Content:: Charlotte Canning's journal recording her activities and experiences in India from Jan 1858, including entries of her trip to the Nilgiri Hills via Madras, and to Allahabad to join Charles Canning. Includes pasted in newspaper cuttings and telegrams recording the progress of the uprising in Indi...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Jan 1858-Jan 1859
Extent:: 1 volume & 1 fascicule (35 items, 36 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F699/2/2/2/5
Title:: India Journal
Scope & Content:: Charlotte Canning's journal recording her experiences in India. Covers the first Viceroy's tour of Oct 1859-Apr 1860. Consists of a brief itinerary from Oct-Dec 1859; detailed journal entries begin on 20 Dec 1859 at Meerut. It is presumed this volume of the journal was started after the fire on ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 10 Oct 1859-10 May 1861
Extent:: 1 volume & 22 loose items (34 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F699/2/2/2/6
Title:: Fragments of India Journal
Scope & Content:: Burned fragments of Charlotte Canning's journal recording her experiences in India, with newspaper cuttings and other inserted notes. The original diary fragments have been conserved and housed in three boxes (Part 1, 2 & 3), and arranged into chronological order where material can be dated....
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Feb 1859-Oct 1859
Extent:: 3 boxes (25 sheets) & 2 fascicules (24 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F699/2/2/3/1
Title:: Copy Letter Journal of voyage to India via Egypt
Scope & Content:: Charlotte Canning's copy letter journal, in four parts: 21 Dec 1855-20 Jan 1856: Cairo to Aden (ff. 1-32) 28 Jan 1856-1 Feb 1856: Bombay (ff. 33-52) 2 Feb 1856-11 Feb 1856: Parell, near Bombay to Point de Galle, Ceylon (ff. 53-66) 3 Mar 1856- 6 Mar 1856: Calcutta, with wrapper (ff. 67-84) W...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 21 Dec 1855-6 Mar 1856
Extent:: 1 folder (4 parts, 86 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F699/2/2/3/2
Title:: India Copy Letter Journal
Scope & Content:: Charlotte Canning's copy letter journal, written at Barrackpore and Calcutta, in wrapper. Includes pen & ink sketches, such as detailed plan of the house at Barrackpore, drawings of people, plants & birds. These journal parts were removed from family correspondence, 2016.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 28 Sep 1856-17 Nov 1856
Extent:: 1 folder (50 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F699/2/2/3/3
Title:: India Copy Letter Journal
Scope & Content:: Bound volume of Charlotte Canning's copy letter journals, with additional correspondence from Lady Canning to her mother Lady Stuart de Rothesay. 10 letters from Charlotte Canning to her mother, and 1 letter to her maternal aunt Lady Caledon: Madras, 24 Feb 1856; Calcutta, 21 Mar 1856; Calcutt...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 24 Feb 1856-16 May 1858
Extent:: 1 volume (26 parts, 331 folios)

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