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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Mss Eur F699 Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1391. Mss Eur F699/1/4/2/6

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/4/2/6
Title:
Correspondence relating to Joseph Wolff
Scope & Content:
File of correspondence relating to Joseph Wolff and his expedition to Bukhara. Letter from Wolff, Bruges, 22 Aug 1843, requesting a meeting with Canning in relation to the deaths of Colonel Stoddart and Captain Conolly in Bukhara, with copy of Canning's reply, Foreign Office, 26 Aug 1843. Lett...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1843-1845
Extent:

1 folder (5 items)

1392. Mss Eur F699/1/4/2/7

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/4/2/7
Title:
Correspondence relating to Portuguese Bishoprics in India
Scope & Content:
Letter from Lord Ripon, 16 Sep 1843, regarding slow progress with the Board of Control and the Court of Directors of the East India Company. Correspondence with Baron Moncours, Sep 1844, including draft letters from Charles Canning, relating to delay in decision about Indian Bishoprics, and que...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1843-1845
Extent:

1 folder (7 items)

1393. Mss Eur F699/1/4/2/8

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/4/2/8
Title:
Various Foreign Office Correspondence
Scope & Content:
Bundle of miscellaneous correspondence addressed to Charles Canning at the Foreign Office. Letter from Francis Robinson, Trieste, 13 Aug 1842, on returning to India. Letter from Richard C. Mellish, Foreign Office, 3 Nov 1842, sending draft of despatch on Belgian proceedings, as well as informa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1842-1846
Extent:

1 folder (7 items)

1394. Mss Eur F699/1/4/2/9

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/4/2/9
Title:
Volume regarding 'Report of Commissioners for revising instructions issued to Naval Officers employed in suppressing the slave trade'
Scope & Content:
Bound volume containing draft memoranda addressed to the Earl of Aberdeen, regarding 'Report of Commissioners for revising instructions issued to naval officers in suppressing the slave trade', dated 17 Aug 1843. Includes 32 printed enclosures as evidence presented to Parliament, consisting of p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1817-1843
Extent:

1 volume

1395. Mss Eur F699/1/4/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/4/3
Title:
Postmaster General
Scope & Content:
Material relating to Charles Canning's role as Postmaster General, 1853-55. Papers relating to the French postal service include printed ordnances from 1832 onwards. For papers relating to the postal service in India see Mss Eur F699/1/4/7.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1832-1855
Extent:
1 box (5 folders)

1396. Mss Eur F699/1/4/3/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/4/3/1
Title:
Papers relating to appointment to and administration of the General Post Office
Scope & Content:
Letter to 'My dear Carlo', 3 Jan 1853, from 'C' [Marquis of Clanricarde], stating that Canning has 'done wrong' in accepting the position at the Post Office. Letter from R.W. Grey, Whitehall, forwarding letter from sent to Lord Palmerston, dated 18 Oct 1853, giving suggestions for the reorganis...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1853
Extent:
1 folder (6 items)

1397. Mss Eur F699/1/4/3/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/4/3/2
Title:
Correspondence relating to Rowland Hill and Colonel William Maberly
Scope & Content:
File of correspondence relating to conflict at the Post Office between the two secretaries Rowland Hill and William Maberly. Includes correspondence between Charles Canning and Lord Aberdeen, suggesting Maberly move to the Audit Office. Letters from Rowland Hill to the Postmaster General, 18 Ju...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jun 1853-25 Apr 1854
Extent:
1 folder (11 items)

1398. Mss Eur F699/1/4/3/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/4/3/3
Title:
Papers relating to the Postal Service in France
Scope & Content:
File of material mostly relating to arrangements for appointments in the French postal service. Contains the following: Wrapper 'From M. Edouard Thayer'. Memoranda, in French, describing the method of appointment to the postal service, with two copies of printed 'Conditions de candidature pour...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1852-1854
Extent:
1 folder (25 items)

1399. Mss Eur F699/1/4/3/4

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/4/3/4
Title:
Correspondence relating to George Oswald
Scope & Content:
File of correspondence between George Oswald, Charles Canning and Lord Palmerston, relating to George Oswald's application for appointment as Collector of Stamps and Taxes in Ayr, Scotland.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1855-Oct 1855
Extent:

1 folder (10 items)

1400. Mss Eur F699/1/4/3/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/4/3/5
Title:
Resignation as Postmaster General
Scope & Content:
Letter from Lord Aberdeen, 31 Jan 1855, informing Canning that he will lay his resignation of the office of Postmaster General before the Queen. Letter from Lord Palmerston, 7 Nov 1855 requesting canning should continue in the Cabinet until he leave for India. Letter from Charles F. Scott, G.P...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jan 1855-24 Nov 1855
Extent:

1 folder (3 items, 6 folios)