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61. Mss Eur F90/25, no.66

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/25, no.66
Title:
Letter from Wood to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
Napier to succeed Mansfield in Bombay Command; if Napier wishes to come home first, Wood suggests his immediate departure might be useful if he is likely to oppose Lawrence in Council on rent question; suggests Durand as his successor as Military Member; (Sir) J W Kaye (Secretary, Political and S...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Dec 1864
Extent:
1 item

62. Mss Eur F90/25, no.71

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/25, no.71
Title:
Letter from Wood to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
Despatch is being sent on policy in Kathiawar; Wood not satisfied with it but does not 'know what to say better'; only Council members who know much about it are Willoughby (Political Agent, Kathiawar 1828-35) whose views are old fashioned, and Clerk; despatch reflects latter's views; has told pr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Dec 1864
Extent:
1 item

63. Mss Eur F90/26, no.4

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/26, no.4
Title:
Letter from Wood to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
Several letters from Lawrence have arrived some of which relate to matters he will need to discuss with his Councillors; on rent and contract questions, refers Lawrence to his lengthy letters to Maine and Harington; McLeod's' letter on course he will pursue as Lt-Governor is all Wood could ask; a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jan 1865
Extent:
1 item

64. Mss Eur F90/26, no.9

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/26, no.9
Title:
Letter from Wood to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
Asks Lawrence so to manage Oudh land tenures problem as not to have general complaint from taluqdars; hopes question will not be brought forward; Wood will defend course taken in the main, but doubts Lord Stanley would; none of the three schemes for Calcutta docks and improvements in Hooghly have...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jan 1865
Extent:
1 item

65. Mss Eur F90/26, no.11

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/26, no.11
Title:
Letter from Wood to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
Filling of possible vacancies in Lawrence's Council; dislikes proposed loan for barracks.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Feb 1865
Extent:
1 item

66. Mss Eur F90/26, no.12

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/26, no.12
Title:
Letter from Wood to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
Discusses Oudh tenures at length; does not believe Canning intended, when re-establishing taluqdar aristocracy, to sacrifice rights of others; believes Lawrence could have rectified situation without giving so much appearance of upsetting Canning's policy; impresses on Lawrence 'very strongly ind...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Feb 1865
Extent:
1 item

67. Mss Eur F90/26, no.13

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/26, no.13
Title:
Letter from Wood to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
Oudh tenures; believes that if Lawrence could have conference with Wingfield and others it might be possible to arrange matters so as to carry taluqdars with them 'as far as seems to me to be necessary in order to do justice to the ryots'; summarises points at issue which he does not think involv...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Feb 1865
Extent:
1 item

68. Mss Eur F90/26, no.14

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/26, no.14
Title:
Letter from Wood to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
Encloses memorandum on what he understands to be position of taluqdar question, which has also been sent privately to Wingfield, urging him to co-operate in reconciling taluqdars; proceedings of latter at their meeting seem very reasonable – 'they quite admit preservation if existence is proved, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Feb 1865
Extent:
1 item

69. Mss Eur F90/26, no.15

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/26, no.15
Title:
Letter from Wood to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
Mission of Col (later Sir Frederick) Goldsmid to Persia; Russian advance in Central Asia; agrees that military power should subordinate to Govt; increased allowance for cavalry; comments on Massey (who as an erstwhile barrister may of use on legal questions of Maine leaves); Bengal rent question.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Feb 1865
Extent:
1 item

70. Mss Eur F90/26, no.20

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/26, no.20
Title:
Letter from Wood to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
Oudh tenures; Davies's instructions go too far in encouraging tenants to put forward claims and will cause antagonism between landowner and tenant – 'the result of the present orders must be a judicial investigation into every ryot's claim throughout Oude. That is a serious matter'; on another po...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Mar 1865
Extent:
1 item

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