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11. Mss Eur B214/3/3

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Mss Eur B214/3/3
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Baird Smith has received letters from Robert Spankie, Magistrate and Collector at Saharanpur, who is in good spirits. Spankie expected the Treasury guard to rise in the night of 14 May, but thought he was strong enough to beat them. Brownlow is Spankies right-hand man. Baird Smith has talked with...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 May 1857
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12. Mss Eur B214/3/4

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Mss Eur B214/3/4
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Lieutenant R.C.B. Pemberton and Lieutenant W. Fulford will march down the detachment and occupy Drummond's office and ground that night. They will remain with the men all night. Native officers and 16 Sepoys will be with us inside! Lieutenant J. Champain gives news of the death of Major Fraser, C...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 May 1857
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13. Mss Eur B214/3/5

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Mss Eur B214/3/5
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Baird Smith has seen letters from Lieutenant Chesney, Brigade Major of Artillery at Delhi and agrees with the course he advocates does not believe Delhi requires a Siege train But Chesney has evidently heard nothing of the Sapper break-up. The Sappers are establishing themselves in the Tope.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 May 1857
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Unspecified

14. Mss Eur B214/3/6

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Mss Eur B214/3/6
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Baird Smith has received letters from Spankie of the 21st and 22nd from Saharanpur where all was well. P.C. Trench the judge and Edwards the Joint Magistrate and Collector bolted to the hills at news of our mutiny and Spankie and Brownlow had to face the difficulty by themselves. Baird Smith want...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 May 1857
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Unspecified

15. Mss Eur B214/3/7

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Mss Eur B214/3/7
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Encloses letters from Spankie who is in a panic. Baird Smith has replied that the position at Roorkee ought to strenghten Spankie's. He cannot send him guns or artillery, and is certain Saharanpur is strong enough to traverse the district from end to end. At Saharanpur are 2 troops of regular cav...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 May 1857
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Unspecified

16. Mss Eur B214/3/8

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Mss Eur B214/3/8
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Baird Smith asks Maclagan to take charge of the Station in his absence. Finn has observers posted in the ghats, but the Nawab should keep to his own side of the river. A complaint for damages raised by Corporal Macintyre against Lieutenant Baillie.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jun 1857
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17. Mss Eur B214/3/9

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Mss Eur B214/3/9
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Pencil draft of a report by Captain Maclagan on an expedition under his command near Roorkee. Dated as: nd [? Jul 1867
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[? Jul 1867
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18. Mss Eur B214/4/1

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Mss Eur B214/4/1
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Birth of a daughter on 17 May. Confidence in the strength of Roorkee as a military station Dated as: Roorkee 13 May 1857
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1857
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Unspecified

19. Mss Eur B214/4/2

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Mss Eur B214/4/2
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The Siege and fall of Delhi, and their effect on Baird Smith. Dated as: Mussorees 28 Oct 1857
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1857
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20. Mss Eur B214/4/3

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Mss Eur B214/4/3
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After effects of the Mutiny on Baird Smith health. His present duties in command of 2,200 men and 14 guns [he was in charge of the Saharanpur and Muzuffarnagar Districts and Superintendent-General of Irrigation]. The slow progress of his 'History of the Siege of Delhi'. Dated as: Camp Puttri Ga...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
Unspecified

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