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1. Mss Eur F213/22, p220

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F213/22, p220
Title:
Letter from Hobhouse to Dalhousie
Scope & Content:
Policy towards Nizam of Hyderabad – interference by General Fraser (Resident at Hyderabad) in its affairs approved by home authorities because, had they really wished to annex his territories, they would have left him to 'work out his own ruin' and create situation in which absorption in 'the gre...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jan 1848
Extent:
1 item

2. Mss Eur F213/22, p190

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F213/22, p190
Title:
Letter from Hobhouse to Dalhousie
Scope & Content:
Warns him to beware of financial scheming of entourage of recently deceased ex-Raja of Satara in particular of attempts by George Thompson (agitator against slavery in British colonies, and against coolies system, land tax, and opium and salt monopolies in India; member of British India Society i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Dec 1847
Extent:
1 item

3. Mss Eur F213/22, p238

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F213/22, p238
Title:
Letter from Dalhousie to Hobhouse
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Hobhouse's letter of 24 December (received on 5 February); Satara affairs; reigning Raja is reported to wish to adopt as his heir the [unrecognised] adopted son of ex-Raja; Hyderabad currently quiet but a crash could come at any time; temporary appointment of Col (Sir) John Low as Re...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Feb 1848
Extent:
1 item

4. Mss Eur F213/22, p242

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F213/22, p242
Title:
Letter from Dalhousie to Hobhouse
Scope & Content:
Question of disposal of family and followers of ex-Raja of Satara; John Lawrence's precautions likely to forestall any outbreak at Benares; confusion over annexation of Sind – thinks proclamation unnecessary; changes in membership of his Council make it a 'shifting body' at present; Calcutta comm...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Feb 1848
Extent:
1 item

5. Mss Eur F213/22, p236

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F213/22, p236
Title:
Letter from Hobhouse to Dalhousie
Scope & Content:
Temporary stop of mail from England to India at Pontoise by French republican authorities; is resisting pressure from EIC Directors to lower rate of exchange; fall of Orleanist monarchy in France; Commons Committee on Cotton and attempts by John Bright (radical MP) and Thompson to turn it into e...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Mar 1848-6 Mar 1848
Extent:
1 item

6. Mss Eur F213/22, p244

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F213/22, p244
Title:
Letter from Hobhouse to Dalhousie
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Dalhousie's letters of 8 and 21 February; Satara affairs; misunderstanding over procedure for annexation of Sind – no proclamation necessary, Dalhousie should simply authorize Bombay Govt to assume its administration; tomorrow's dinner for Lord Hardinge will be overshadowed by revolu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Apr 1848
Extent:
1 item

7. Mss Eur F213/22, p257

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F213/22, p257
Title:
Letter from Dalhousie to Hobhouse
Scope & Content:
After slow journey out was sworn in on 12 January, his predecessor Lord Hardinge departed on 18th; excellent reception given him by Mahomed Ali, Pasha of Egypt; latter's disregard for Muslim prejudices; suspicion that Aden fortifications being badly constructed; mistaken belief of Lord Tweeddale ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jan 1848
Extent:
1 item

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