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

1491. Mss Eur F699/1/4/7/6

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/4/7/6
Title:
Miscellaneous correspondence, mostly sent before departure to India
Scope & Content:
File of miscellaneous correspondence and papers, arranged alphabetically, with note ‘Miscellaneous 1855 & 1856’. Includes letters relating to preparations for departure and requests for patronage, as well as details of political situation in India, Persia, and Burma. The bulk of the correspo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1854-Feb 1856
Extent:

1 folder (80 items, including wrappers and covering notes)

1492. Mss Eur F699/1/4/7/7

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/4/7/7
Title:
Letters from Indian Gentlemen
Scope & Content:
File of correspondence 'Letters Received from Natives'. Consists of letters to Canning from Hafiz Sudrool Islam Khan Bahadoor, Syed Abdoollah and Syed Uckber Ally Khan, written from London, July - November 1855, sending congratulations, requesting audiences, and assistance such as letters of int...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1855-Nov 1855
Extent:

1 folder (16 items, including envelopes, wrappers and covering notes)

1493. Mss Eur F699/1/4/7/8

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/4/7/8
Title:
Correspondence received on departure to India
Scope & Content:
File of correspondence sent to Charles Canning prior to his departure for India, some are annotated that they were answered en route to India. Consists of letters from: Stephen Denison, Sir George C. Lewis, Sir Charles Wood, Lord Stanley of Alderley, Lord Clanwilliam, Lord Aberdeen, the Duke of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1855-Dec 1855
Extent:

1 folder (11 items)

1494. Mss Eur F699/1/4/7/9

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/4/7/9
Title:
Miscellaneous Memoranda
Scope & Content:
File of miscellaneous papers dating from before Charles Canning departure for India, presumably to brief him on matters relating to India. Copy of 'Dissent from Draft no. 28 to India in the Political Department' dated, 2 Jan 1852, East India House, by William H. Sykes & Robert Campbell, re...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1852-Nov 1855
Extent:

1 folder (24 items, including wrappers and covering notes)

1495. Mss Eur F699/1/4/7/10

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/4/7/10
Title:
Papers received from Lieutenant Colonel Cotton
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers from Lieutenant Colonel [Arthur] Cotton, sent to Canning prior to his departure and during his journey to India. Includes correspondence relating to the management of Public Works in India, memorandum on works on the Godavery Delta, manuscript and printed statemen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Aug 1855-24 Dec 1855
Extent:

1 folder (13 items)

1496. Mss Eur F699/1/4/7/11

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/4/7/11
Title:
Diary of Journey to India
Scope & Content:
Charles Canning's diary kept on the journey to India, up the Red Sea, visiting Thebes in Egypt, Aden, then Bombay and Madras before arriving in Calcutta. Dates from 1 Jan - 2 Mar 1856, and includes detailed description of the journey, places visited and people. The diary is written in a Lett's Di...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1856-2 Mar 1856
Extent:

1 volume

1497. Mss Eur F699/1/4/7/12

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/4/7/12
Title:
Correspondence relating to visit to Egypt
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the Canning's visit to Egypt. Consists of: Letter from Frederick Bruce to Canning , enclosing copies of Government dispatch to Stephan Bey, Minister for Foreign Affairs, thanking him for showing attention to Canning while in Egypt, with copy of Bey’s reply. Dispatches...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1856-May 1856
Extent:

1 folder (8 items)

1498. Mss Eur F699/1/4/7/13

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/4/7/13
Title:
Addresses presented at Bombay and Madras
Scope & Content:
Address from the Inhabitants of Bombay, with draft copy and fair copy of Canning’s address in reply, 1 Feb 1856 Canning’s draft reply to an address by the Bombay Association, 4 Feb 1856 Letter from Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy, 5 Feb 1856, expressing regret at being unable to attend Canning’s visi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Feb 1856-21 Feb 1856
Extent:

1 folder (14 items)

1499. Mss Eur F699/1/4/7/14

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/4/7/14
Title:
Address from the Inhabitants of Bombay
Scope & Content:
Parchment scroll, forming an address of welcome from the inhabitants of Bombay to Charles Canning. Contains lists of signatures of both European and Indian residents of Bombay.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1856
Extent:

1 item (7 leaves)

1500. Mss Eur F699/1/4/7/15

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/4/7/15
Title:
Address from the Madras Native Association
Scope & Content:
Parchment scroll, consisting of a letter to Lord Canning from Members of the Madras Native Association, congratulating him on his arrival in India and on his position as Governor General.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Feb 1856
Extent:

1 item (6 leaves)