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131. Mss Eur F90/25, no.55

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Mss Eur F90/25, no.55
Title:
Letter from Wood to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
[Refers to Lawrence's letter of 28 August]; willing to retain Calcutta dockyard in Govt hands; not indifferent to Herat being in Persian hands but would not go to war to prevent Afghans giving it up; views on how to handle question of railways passing through Indian States; discusses problem of I...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Oct 1864
Extent:
1 item

132. Mss Eur F90/25, no.65

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Mss Eur F90/25, no.65
Title:
Letter from Wood to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
[Refers to Lawrence's letter of 19 October]; question whether members of 2nd Class of Star of India will be knights and 'which is probably the more important question' whether their wives will be ladies; should recipients be allowed to retain insignia ?; possibility of creating a third class.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Nov 1864
Extent:
1 item

133. Mss Eur F90/25, no.70

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/25, no.70
Title:
Letter from Wood to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
Has written to Maine regarding amendment of Act X of 1859 [i.e. on rent question], but is doubtful whether that will solve problem.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Dec 1864
Extent:
1 item

134. Mss Eur F90/25, no.72

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Mss Eur F90/25, no.72
Title:
Letter from Wood to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
Christmas and New Year good wishes; has told Mr Shields, promoter of scheme to provide wharf accommodation on Hooghly, to deal with authorities in Calcutta; rent question.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Dec 1864
Extent:
1 item

135. Mss Eur F90/25, no.73

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/25, no.73
Title:
Letter from Wood to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Lawrence's letters of 19 and 21 November; is glad to hear relations between Bombay Govt and Public Works Dept have improved; expression of disapprobation has been sent to Frere on his mode of going on; comments on Oudh, and on failure of various land settlements in the past which cau...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1864
Extent:
1 item

136. Mss Eur F90/26, no.1

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/26, no.1
Title:
Letter from Wood to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
Emphasises that Mr Shields's plan for wharf accommodation on Hooghly is being sent privately without any implication that it has been approved by Home Govt.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1865
Extent:
1 item

137. Mss Eur F90/26, no.2

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/26, no.2
Title:
Letter from Wood to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
[Refers to Lawrence's letters of 19 November (2) and 21 November]; organisation of Indian military high command; any important alteration in position of C-in-C, India, will agitate military men at home; difficulty of finding good men for that post; brevet rank should not have been given to retire...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1865
Extent:
1 item

138. Mss Eur F90/26, no.8

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/26, no.8
Title:
Letter from Wood to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
Explains at length his doubts on Lawrence's policy on Oudh tenures; Canning's policy was designed 'to set up a native gentry or aristocracy in the shape of the talookdars. It was not a course of policy which had prevailed of late years in India, it is one which I believe is opposed to your own vi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jan 1865
Extent:
1 item

139. Mss Eur F90/26, no.10

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/26, no.10
Title:
Letter from Wood to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
Has had long discussions with his advisers on Oudh land tenures, and a despatch is on the anvil; outlines his views at length; criticises type of enquiry into tenures established by Lawrence and the officer sent by him to conduct it – Mr (later Sir Robert) Davies ('a Punjabee trained in the level...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Feb 1865
Extent:
1 item

140. Mss Eur F90/26, no.18

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/26, no.18
Title:
Letter from Wood to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
Norman has written to Duke of Cambridge that he finds working with Durand (about to become Military Member of Council) so difficult that he may resign his post.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Mar 1865
Extent:
1 item

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