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41. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/4

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/4
Title:
3. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Sends a letter from Mr Murray [not enclosed] and a letter from Mr Stevens, the Consul at Teheran with comments. Captain Kemball thinks the Shah intended to invade Baghdad if the war had continued, and if his advances were favourably received at St Petersburg. Describes some Persian intrigues at ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Mar 1856
Extent:
2 items

42. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/9

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/9
Title:
7. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
He is glad to find that Lord Canning approves of the way in which the Bombay budget of public works has been prepared. Regrets that the Court has managed to stop all the public works not actually commenced, as Elphinstone was going to ask for some experienced engineer or engineers to survey the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 May 1856
Extent:
1 item

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

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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

44. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/37

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/37
Title:
35. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Hopes to be able to send a detailed estimate of the expenses of the Expedition shortly, comments. Suggests that some of the transports be sent back when the troops have been landed, the ships could be paid off. Elphinstone is glad that Canning intends to publish a Notification before the Expedit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Oct 1856
Extent:
1 item

45. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/46

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/46
Title:
44. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Writes that the mail of 27 Oct brings no orders about Mohumra. Vernon Smith writes that he has heard nothing more from the Foreign Office. The Secret Committee have refused to give an opinion on the desirability of taking Mohumra, and the Chairman writes as if the whole conduct of the expedition...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Nov 1856
Extent:
3 items

46. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/47

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/47
Title:
45. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Thanks Canning for his kind letter, he is glad to find that he is acquitted of intentionally passing over the Government of India and he is sure that Colonel Melville who drew up the General Order is equally innocent. There has been another mistake in the General Order which was published thanki...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Dec 1856
Extent:
1 item

47. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/1
Title:
1. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Writes that since he wrote to Canning on 11 Feb he has seen 2 letters from Mr Erskine about Normal Schools which he would have probably seen before, if the Secretaries had not been trying to save Elphinstone trouble while Canning was with him. Sends copies of the letters, and a letter from Bisho...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Feb 1856
Extent:
4 items

48. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/8

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/8
Title:
6. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Regrets that he has not yet been able to send the Despatches to Mr Stevens at Teheran, as the Madras Government has detained the Assaye and no other steamer is available. The Victoria should come in shortly from Kurrachee and will carry the Despatches. The news of the surrender of Herat telegrap...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 May 1856
Extent:
1 item

49. 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

50. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/30

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/30
Title:
26a [27]. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Letter is numbered as 26a, but appears as 27 in the index to the volume. Reports the news brought by the 'Assaye'. Jones had heard from Consul Stevens that Clarendon's Despatch of 11 Jul was taken to the Sedr Azim on 9 Aug and the Sedr said he would reply on 17 Aug. The Persian Army is being in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Sep 1856
Extent:
1 item

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