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351. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/36

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/36
Title:
27. Letter from Lord Harris
Scope & Content:
Sends a telegram from Bombay [not enclosed]. No troops are coming by Suez, so the 'Simoon' will be sent to the Straits to help up any troops which may arrive there. The 'Punjab' needs to go to Bombay, and will be sent with treasure. 'Coromandel' must go into dock, she will be sent to Calcutta. T...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Sep 1857
Extent:
1 item

352. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/37

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/37
Title:
27a. Letter from Lord Harris
Scope & Content:
There is little to report, although some of the Madras Regiments are very shaky, and the delay in reinforcements is a strain on them. Wild rumours are rife. The Rifle Battalion has been filled up with great readiness and some of them will start in a day or two. The 'Simoon' has gone to the Strai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Sep 1857
Extent:
1 item

353. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/38

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/38
Title:
27b. Letter from Lord Harris
Scope & Content:
The Madras Government has asked officially for a Regiment arriving at Galle in order that Europeans may be sent to Kamptee. Nagpore is very important at present. The 'Dalhousie' and 'Coromandel' are both to go to Calcutta for dockyard works, the 'Dalhousie' is very badly fitted out. All is quiet...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Oct 1857
Extent:
1 item

354. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/39

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/39
Title:
28. Letter from Lord Harris
Scope & Content:
Madras will manage as best it can about troops. If there are any spare steamers at Calcutta they should on to Galle. The monsoon has broken, and sailing ships will take three weeks to beat up. The young advocate Mayne did well in the Tanjore case, no judgement has yet been given.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Oct 1857
Extent:
1 item

355. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/40

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/40
Title:
29. Letter from Lord Harris
Scope & Content:
Harris forgot to congratulate Canning on the fall of Delhi by the last mail. Is glad that the Punjab men should get all the glory. Admires Canning's order about poor Neill, it was graceful and English and showed full knowledge of his character. Is anxious about Lucknow. A ship has touched at Mad...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Oct 1857
Extent:
1 item

356. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/41

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/41
Title:
30. Letter from Lord Harris
Scope & Content:
Madras will do its best with the troops available. There was some confusion at Galle. Describes troop movements, and the composition of the force for Central India, which will be under Whitlock, by far the best soldier, though eccentric. There was some trouble with the 50th, now settled. The Mad...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Nov 1857
Extent:
1 item

357. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/42

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/42
Title:
31. Letter from Lord Harris
Scope & Content:
Incomplete letter. Note by the Private Secretary's Registrar that the first part of this letter was not received. Continues: Harris has forgotten to mention the case of Captain Hope, late Secretary to the Military Board, who is now without the chance of an appointment as good as that he formerly...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
1 item

358. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/43

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/43
Title:
31a. Letter from Lord Harris
Scope & Content:
Canning's account of affairs is not very satisfactory, so long as there is uncertainty in the north there will be an unsettled feeling all over the country. Hopes the disturbance in the Southern Mahratta country has been put down. The row in Sumbulpoor has spread, more troops have been ordered u...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Dec 1857
Extent:
1 item

359. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/44

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/44
Title:
31b. Letter from Lord Harris
Scope & Content:
The question of sending Madras troops to Calcutta no longer arises, as reinforcements have had to be sent to Cuttack and to Vizagapatam, and there are no more troops to spare. The troops may have to be withdraw later because of the unhealthiness of the climate.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Dec 1857
Extent:
1 item

360. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/45

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/45
Title:
31c. Letter from Lord Harris
Scope & Content:
Sends good wishes to Lord and Lady Canning for 1858. Sends an extract from a letter from General Ferrier. There is no news from Sumbu1poor. Thanks Canning for the power to reorganise the Police. Is pleased with Brigadier Inglis' account of the Lucknow siege, and glad that people are beginning to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1858
Extent:
2 items

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