Correspondence between Thornton and his colleagues in the Punjab describing operations, reporting developments with first hand accounts of events in the Punjab during the Indian Mutiny; includes Thornton's collaboration with John Reid Becher, Commissioner at Hazara, to forestall an insurrection o...
Notebook containing copies of letters from Thornton to the Punjab authorities describing his action in preventing Nadir Khan, discontented son of the raja of Mandla from provoking a rising of hill tribes in 1852; copies of other letters from Punjab officials praising Thornton's work and informing...
Copies of letters from Thornton to Becher, Ouseley and Mackenzie from Rawalpindi during the Indian Mutiny concerning the deployment of troops, strengthening of defences; notes on action in surrounding districts