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421. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/12

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/12
Title:
10. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Reports the arrival of Despatches from Bushire and letters from the Consul at Teheran, with comments. Enclosed: 1. Letter from Mr Stevens, Consul at Teheran, to Lord Elphinstone, 12 May, acknowledges receipt of Elphinstone's letter about the possibility of peace with Persia. Stevens thinks that...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jun 1856
Extent:
5 items

422. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/13

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/13
Title:
11. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Writes that he has already sent Canning a message from Lord Granville, that there had been a hitch, but that Talbot would come by the next mail. Encloses some papers from Murray. Vernon Smith is puzzled at the different accounts received from Teheran. Lord Clarendon has telegraphed Lord Stratfor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jun 1856
Extent:
4 items

423. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/14

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/14
Title:
12. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
States that he had read and sent on Canning's letter to Colonel Jacob. It is true that Jacob's letters are self-sufficient and conceited, but he is nevertheless a very able man, with great experience of the Sind Frontier. He has transformed all the district within the Frontier from a wilderness ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jun 1856
Extent:
1 item

424. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/15

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/15
Title:
13. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Writes that the Reports of the Law Commissioners have not yet been received, and Mr Beadon will be asked officially if there are any spare copies at Calcutta.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jul 1856
Extent:
1 item

425. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/16

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/16
Title:
14. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges receipt of a letter from Canning. He has heard from Vernon Smith, who wrote that Dost Mahomed and the de facto ruler of Herat were to be supplied with arms and officers, and if this assistance was not sufficient to drive out the Persians, Persia must be attacked in the south. Elphin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Aug 1856
Extent:
1 item

426. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/17

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/17
Title:
15. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Sends a memorandum from Sir Henry Somerset. Elphinstone thinks it will be difficult to send the 3rd Light Cavalry from Rajkote and embark them at Poorbundee. It is perhaps well that Somerset does not propose to send any of the Sind Horse, if Jacob's plan is likely to be adopted. The 78th Highlan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Aug 1856
Extent:
2 items

427. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/18

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/18
Title:
16. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Answers Canning's most private note of 26 Jul. Elphinstone has no means of judging what Sir Henry Somerset's wishes may be, beyond a general impression that he would be glad to see service in any quarter, and would go with good will. He is a gallant soldier with much experience of bush fighting ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Aug 1856
Extent:
1 item

428. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/19

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/19
Title:
17. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Writes further to his most private note of 9 Aug. Colonel Bates writing from London on 10 Jul informed Elphinstone that he had heard from Colonel Rawlinson there was great probability of an Expedition against Persia; it would consist of 10,000 men, and Bates might accompany it. Bates wrote that ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Aug 1856
Extent:
1 item

429. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/20

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/20
Title:
18. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Has already replied to Canning by telegraph that the 'Assaye' will carry the Despatches to the Persian Gulf. Elphinstone has read Canning's letters to Captain Kemball and Captain Jones, and has himself written some supplementary questions to Kemball, who was for many years Resident at Bushire. S...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Aug 1856
Extent:
5 items

430. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/21

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/21
Title:
19. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Sends abstracts of the Secret Despatches, thinking they might reach Canning a few days sooner than the originals by the steamer. Vernon Smith thinks that there is little doubt that an expedition will be sent to the Gulf, Elphinstone is to be fully prepared to send a force capable of capturing Ka...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Aug 1856
Extent:
2 items

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