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112. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/3/39
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- Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/3/39
- Title:
- No. 34b: Letter from Ross D. Mangles
- Scope & Content:
- Has received the alarming news of the spread of the Mutiny in the Bengal Army and the letters of Lord Canning, in whom he feels every confidence. He is shocked to hear of the weakness of so many in Calcutta, and of the miserable proclamation, rightly denounced by Canning, issued by Mangles' old ...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 27 Jul 1857
- Extent:
- 2 items
113. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/3/40
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/3/40
- Title:
- No. 35: Letter from Ross D. Mangles
- Scope & Content:
- Has received thankfully the Governor General's letters of 19 and 20 Jun though the failures of the telegraph had post prevented Lord Canning from sending any late news from the critical points of the North West Provinces. He is thankful that the fate of England's dearest possession is in the han...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 10 Aug 1857
- Extent:
- 5 items
114. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/3/41
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/3/41
- Title:
- No. 36: Letter from Ross D. Mangles
- Scope & Content:
- Regrets that he received no letter from the Governor General by the last mail. Urges the Governor General not to write to him when the pressure of business is very great. He has read Vernon Smith's letter. Recapitulates the news received. The Court are prepared, on a requisition, to send a crore...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 24 Aug 1857-26 Aug 1857
- Extent:
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1 item
115. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/3/42
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/3/42
- Title:
- No. 36a: Letter from Colonel William H. Sykes
- Scope & Content:
- Refers to his previous letter of 25 Apr in which he predicted resistance and blood-shed if the use of greased cartridges was forced upon high caste men. Ascribes the mutiny at Meerut to the remissness of Colonel Smythe, and the order of General Anson condemning 85 troopers to 10 years imprisonme...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 26 Aug 1857
- Extent:
-
1 item
116. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/3/43
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/3/43
- Title:
- No. 37: Letter from Ross D. Mangles
- Scope & Content:
- Thanks the Governor General for his letter of 20 Jul recapitulates the news received from India. For many places no information has been received. Describes at great length the reinforcements sent out. Explains why so many troops have been sent to Bombay and Kurrachee. Sends a paper from Mr J R ...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 10 Sep 1857
- Extent:
-
4 items
117. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/3/44
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/3/44
- Title:
- No. 38: Letter from Ross D. Mangles
- Scope & Content:
- Recapitulates Indian news received. Hopes the Governor General will get prompt reinforcements from the Cape. Approves of Sir James Outram and Mr Samuell's appointments, and also that of Mr John P Grant. The Calcutta petition is quite unworthy of Englishmen. Fears the shortage of horses in Calcut...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 26 Sep 1857
- Extent:
-
2 items
118. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/3/45
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/3/45
- Title:
- No. 39: Letter from Ross D. Mangles
- Scope & Content:
- Hopes that the Court's proposal for the raising of a body of English Light Cavalry will be sanctioned. Anxiety is felt on account of the probable deficiency of ammunition, tents, artillery, harness and shoes in India. Sir A Bogle is anxious about the safe-keeping of the convicts at Moulmein. The...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 10 Oct 1857
- Extent:
-
2 items
119. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/3/46
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/3/46
- Title:
- No. 39a: Letter from Colonel William H. Sykes
- Scope & Content:
- Writes from Prussia, where he has taken his wife to consult a famous oculist. Congratulates Lord Canning on his instructions to the Civil and Military authorities about the punishment of mutineers. Attributes the cause of the Mutiny to the fact that the troopers at Meerut were condemned to ten y...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 23 Oct 1857
- Extent:
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1 item
120. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/3/47
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/3/47
- Title:
- No. 40: Letter from Ross D. Mangles
- Scope & Content:
- Recapitulates news received from India. He feels equally ashamed and indignant as Lord Canning and Mr [Frederick] Halliday in relation to the feelings of indiscriminate revenge against the Indian natives espoused by some Englishmen. Agrees with the appointment of Mr Grant, and with the Circular ...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 26 Oct 1857
- Extent:
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1 item