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391. Mss Eur F90/31, no.25

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Mss Eur F90/31, no.25
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to de Grey
Scope & Content:
Hears Ministry has resigned, but has decided to write nevertheless; [refers to de Grey's letter of 3 June]; would prefer not to intervene in Bahawalpur while still chance of leading people there managing for themselves; appreciation of position in Afghanistan; thanks for de Grey's remarks about h...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jul 1866
Extent:
1 item

392. Mss Eur F90/31, no.27

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/31, no.27
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
Scope & Content:
Makes no apology for writing since 'it is necessary for the successful performance of my duties, that I should be in confidential correspondence with the S.of S. for India'; India is very quiet, commerce slightly better but still depressed; great fall in price of cotton must surely cause some ban...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jul 1866
Extent:
1 item

393. Mss Eur F90/31, no.33

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/31, no.33
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Will take care of Miss Carpenter if she comes round from Bombay to Calcutta.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Sep 1866
Extent:
1 item

394. Mss Eur F90/31, no.36

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/31, no.36
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
Scope & Content:
[Refers to Cranborne's letter of 17 August]; describes action taken to carry out plan for redress of officers' grievances; no objection to title of Prince of Arcot for Azim Jah, but financial arrangements proposed for him are too generous India cannot afford 'to give large incomes to broken down ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Sep 1866
Extent:
1 item

395. Mss Eur F90/31, no.38

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/31, no.38
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
Scope & Content:
Comments on validity of Holkar's claims on Jowra chief; believes Hamilton [cf. de Grey's letter of 3 April] may be Holkar's paid agent; comments adversely on Holkar; opposes Holkar's wish to bring mediatized chiefs under his control 'as contrary both to justice and sound policy'.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Oct 1866
Extent:
1 item

396. Mss Eur F90/31, no.40

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/31, no.40
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
Scope & Content:
Azim Jah and his title; is greatly concerned at Cranborne's orders to stop work on fortified cantonment at Peshawar [cf Cranborne's letter of 27 August]; outlines at length history of trans-Indus troop dispositions, and numbers involved, and explains reasons for holding Peshawar valley with Brit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Oct 1866
Extent:
1 item

397. Mss Eur F90/31, no.43

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/31, no.43
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
Scope & Content:
In continuation of his letter of 5 October sends minute by Mansfield on occupation of Peshawar valley; their views largely agree, except on sanitary conditions which Lawrence considers important.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Oct 1866
Extent:
1 item

398. Mss Eur F90/31, no.46

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/31, no.46
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
Scope & Content:
Will shortly proceed to Agra to hold a Great Durbar; is most firmly opposed to Green's proposal to occupy Quetta, has asked Mansfield and Durand to give their views; urges Cranborne to assemble Sir Herbert Edwardes (ex-Commissioner of Peshawar), Sir Neville Chamberlain (soldier experienced in fro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Oct 1866
Extent:
1 item

399. Mss Eur F90/31, no.49

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/31, no.49
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
Scope & Content:
Refers to Cranborne's letter of 2 October; opposes road or railway through Burma, and even begrudges cost of survey given unlikelihood of its coming to anything; Phayre may be able to effect compromise at Mandalay between Burmese King and his opponents; asks for Cranborne's views on French expedi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Nov 1866
Extent:
1 item

400. Mss Eur F90/31, no.50

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/31, no.50
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
Scope & Content:
Refers to Cranborne's letter of 2 October; opposes proposal by Lord Strathnairn (i.e. Sir Hugh Rose, ex-C-in-C, India) to publish Bhutan despatches, and comments at length on that campaign; brief Comments on Orissa famine and officials involved; postscript with further comments on Strathnairn's c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Nov 1866
Extent:
1 item

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