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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 88906 Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

221. Add MS 88906/13/1

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Papers relating to the promotion and retirement of Army officers, chiefly arising from the Army Regulation Act of 1871 which abolished the purchase system. Partly printed.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1872-1874
Extent:
1 folder

222. Add MS 88906/13/2

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Parliamentary papers and newspaper cuttings relating to the Ashanti War. Printed.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1872-1874
Extent:
1 folder

223. Add MS 88906/13/3

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Miscellaneous War Office correspondence. Subjects include the repair of British cemeteries in the Crimea, the case of Sir Henry Havelock-Allen (b. 1830, d. 1897) and his loss of promotion under the Army Regulation Act, and the proposed establishment of a Temperance Institute for the garrison at...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1871-1875
Extent:
1 folder

224. Add MS 88906/13/4

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Miscellaneous War Office papers. Contents include: 1. Papers relating to William Hope, V.C., and his claim to have invented the shrapnel shell. 2. Printed memoranda on army pensions, the management of Chelsea Hospital, and other matters. 3. Papers relating to the proposal to make Oxford a mil...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1872-1874
Extent:
1 folder

225. Add MS 88906/13/5

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Add MS 88906/13/5
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Printed papers on the organisation of the Control Department. Most of these papers relate to an earlier reorganisation of the Department carried out in 1870 on the recommendation of Lord Northbrook’s committee.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1867-1870
Extent:
1 folder

226. Add MS 88906/13/5-6

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Add MS 88906/13/5-6
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Papers relating to the Committee on Control. The Committee was set up under Lansdowne’s chairmanship to investigate the organisation of the Control Department, which was responsible for the supply of military stores, ordnance and ammunition.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1867-1874
Extent:
2 folders

227. Add MS 88906/13/6

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Add MS 88906/13/6
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Papers relating to Lansdowne’s committee, including corrected drafts of the final report. Partly printed.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1872-1874
Extent:
1 folder

228. Add MS 88906/13/7

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Add MS 88906/13/7
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Parliamentary Acts relating to military matters. Printed, with manuscript list of contents at the beginning.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1868-1873
Extent:
1 volume

229. Add MS 88906/13/8

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Add MS 88906/13/8
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Parliamentary papers relating to Ireland. Mostly printed, with some related notes and correspondence. 1. Report of the Board of Public Works (Ireland), 1872. 2. Peace Preservation (Ireland) Act, 1873. 3. Juries (Ireland) Act, 1873. 4. Act to amend the Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Act, 1873.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1872-1873
Extent:
1 folder

230. Add MS 88906/13/9

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Add MS 88906/13/9
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Papers on Army recruitment. Mostly printed, including a paper issued to prospective recruits entitled The Army and its Advantages (1872), the Proceedings of a Committee appointed to Enquire into the System of Clothing the Militia and Army Reserve (1872), and other parliamentary papers and War Of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1872-1875
Extent:
1 folder