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32. Mss Eur F83/2, f61v
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F83/2, f61v
- Title:
- Letter from Elgin to Wood
- Scope & Content:
- Comments on opposition to reduction of cotton duties; asks for guidance on policy on North-West Frontier in view of Persian movements and possibility of death of Dost Muhammad Khan (Amir of Afghanistan); possible visit to India of Prince of Wales; appointment of (Sir) Henry Harington as temporar...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 15 Apr 1862-19 Apr 1862
- Extent:
- 1 item
33. Mss Eur F83/2, f123v
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F83/2, f123v
- Title:
- Letter from Elgin to Wood
- Scope & Content:
- Encloses report from (Sir) George Yule (Chief Commissioner of Oudh) on 'curious state of matters' there; he receives anonymous letters from time to time that his bodyguard is not to be trusted; Canning disarmed the bodyguard and had a European guard at night; latter is now dispensed with and Indi...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 9 Jun 1862
- Extent:
- 1 item
34. Mss Eur F83/3, f18v
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F83/3, f18v
- Title:
- Letter from Elgin to Wood
- Scope & Content:
- Outlines plan for comprehensive tour to begin early next year, and to last till 1864 with two summers spent at Simla; plans to summon Legislative Council to Calcutta for this November; for 1863/64 session might either summon it to join him in the north, or leave it to deliberate without him; yest...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 2 Jul 1862
- Extent:
- 1 item
35. Mss Eur F83/3, f144
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F83/3, f144
- Title:
- Letter from Elgin to Wood
- Scope & Content:
- Policy towards Raja of Mysore; defends appointment of Col Bruce as Inspector General of Police; post is needed if central Government is to check police expenditure; discusses constitutional relationship between Secretary of State, Supreme Government, and Local Governments; control of Supreme Gove...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 17 Aug 1862
- Extent:
- 1 item
36. Mss Eur F83/4, f40
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F83/4, f40
- Title:
- Letter from Elgin to Wood
- Scope & Content:
- Policy towards Persia and Dost Muhammad regarding Herat; agrees Government of India, not individual officials, should correspond with Secretary of State, and discusses particular case of letter from Balfour defending Military Finance Dept from certain criticisms; 'as Canning obtained the gratitud...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 2 Oct 1862
- Extent:
- 1 item
37. Mss Eur F83/4, f123
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F83/4, f123
- Title:
- Letter from Elgin to Wood
- Scope & Content:
- Patiala's reluctance to attend Legislative Council where he is on a par with other natives; his limitations as a legislator; state of feeling among Sikhs and disaffection of Duleep Singh; protests at Wood's summary disallowance of appointment of an Inspector General of Police; is suffering from t...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 4 Nov 1862
- Extent:
- 1 item
38. Mss Eur F83/4, f147
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F83/4, f147
- Title:
- Letter from Elgin to Wood
- Scope & Content:
- Policy towards Persia and Afghanistan; question of construction of tramways and method of financing them; death of Patiala; Mysore case; notes that if Raja is restored he will have to govern not only natives but a considerable number of Europeans who have settled there; comments on impending appo...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 19 Nov 1862
- Extent:
- 1 item
39. Mss Eur F83/4, f165
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F83/4, f165
- Title:
- Letter from Elgin to Wood
- Scope & Content:
- Explains views on contacts between Secretary of State and unofficial sources in India, and on danger of allowing Native Chiefs to think they can use English agents at home to by-pass Government of India; discusses practical limitations on power of Governor-General in peace time and need for Home ...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 23 Nov 1862
- Extent:
- 1 item
40. Mss Eur F83/5, f7
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F83/5, f7
- Title:
- Letter from Elgin to Wood
- Scope & Content:
- Lady Elgin has arrived; encloses report on Military Finance Dept for 1861-62, but things its abolition worth considering.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 9 Jan 1863
- Extent:
- 1 item