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182. Mss Eur F231/3, p53
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F231/3, p53
- Title:
- Letter from Canning to Vernon Smith
- Scope & Content:
- Acknowledges Vernon Smith's letter of 9 May; explains inability to give Govt of India's opinion on Plowden's salt report by close of parliamentary session; suggests Directors should purchase one or two vessels from Admiralty suitable for suppression of piracy in the Straits.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 17 Jun 1856
- Extent:
- 1 item
183. Mss Eur F231/3, p98
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F231/3, p98
- Title:
- Letter from Canning to Vernon Smith
- Scope & Content:
- Refers to Secret Committee's Despatch of 10 July (received 13 August); arms and money have been sent to Dost Muhammad; too dangerous to send English officers to Herat; an officer will visit Dost if latter desires it; importance of not embarrassing Dost with his own people by appearance of too muc...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 22 Aug 1856
- Extent:
- 1 item
184. Mss Eur F231/3, p184
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F231/3, p184
- Title:
- Letter from Vernon Smith to Canning
- Scope & Content:
- Refers to Canning's letters of 8 September; Persian expedition; Court of Directors now adopting more liberal attitude to Oudh royal family; encloses draft Act on Admiralty jurisdiction in India; has urged O'Shaughnessy to return to India rather than take charge of railways and telegraphs of other...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 25 Oct 1856
- Extent:
- 1 item
185. Mss Eur F231/3, p191
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F231/3, p191
- Title:
- Letter from Vernon Smith to Canning
- Scope & Content:
- Refers to Canning's letters of 22 September; preparations for Persian expedition; possibility of placing Outram in command; agrees on keeping aloof from Afghan entanglements, but current events 'force us into interference'; urges action on Law Commission for domestic political reasons; he and Man...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 10 Nov 1856
- Extent:
- 1 item
186. Mss Eur F231/3, p196
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F231/3, p196
- Title:
- Letter from Vernon Smith to Canning
- Scope & Content:
- Refers to Canning's letter of 8 October; appointment of Outram to command Persian expedition with both political and military powers; Vernon Smith hopes Canning will not think appointment an invasion of his privileges; Outram's instructions; Clarendon's annoyance at Canning's reduction of force; ...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 26 Nov 1856
- Extent:
- 1 item
187. Mss Eur F231/3, p216
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F231/3, p216
- Title:
- Letter from Vernon Smith to Canning
- Scope & Content:
- Refers to Canning's letter of 7 December; Herat fell by treachery rather than force; agrees with most of Canning's views on Afghanistan; Bushire and Kharaq good equivalent for Herat; need to maintain pressure on Persia by warlike preparations; need for reinforcements for Bushire; opinion at home ...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 26 Jan 1857
- Extent:
- 1 item
188. Mss Eur F231/3, p222
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F231/3, p222
- Title:
- Letter from Vernon Smith to Canning
- Scope & Content:
- Attack on Persian war in Lords stronger than in Commons; negotiations with Persia; Lord Ellenborough's and Vernon Smith's views on importance of Herat – whatever its real value, repeated assertions of its importance would make it ignominious not to protect it; ideally, Kabul, Kandahar and Herat s...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 10 Feb 1857
- Extent:
- 1 item
189. Mss Eur F231/4, p19
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F231/4, p19
- Title:
- Letter from Canning to Vernon Smith
- Scope & Content:
- [Refers to Vernon Smith's letter of 26 September]; no fear of caste feelings being excited by new Enlistment Regulation which applies only to new recruits; recruits to Bombay Army already enlist for general service; no sign of suspicions among existing recruits that they may be compelled to cross...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 8 Nov 1856
- Extent:
- 1 item
190. Mss Eur F231/4, p48
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F231/4, p48
- Title:
- Letter from Canning to Vernon Smith
- Scope & Content:
- No news from Persian Gulf; Amir on way to Peshawar; refers to Vernon Smith's comments on policy towards Afghanistan in letter of 10 November; views of Sir J Lawrence, Col (Sir) H Edwardes (Commissioner of Peshawar), Col (Sir) James Abbott (Commissioner of Hazara 1845-53), and Canning himself on p...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 22 Dec 1856
- Extent:
- 1 item