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

1521. Mss Eur F699/1/4/7/36

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/4/7/36
Title:
Secret Appointment of Sir Patrick Grant
Scope & Content:
Duplicate and copy of secret letter from the Directors of the East India Company, 10 Sep 1857, provisionally appointing Sir Patrick Grant as Governor General of India, if anything were to happen to Charles Canning. With envelope. Also draft unfinished copy of Canning's reply, 22 Oct 1857.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Sep 1857-22 Oct 1857
Extent:

1 folder (4 items)

1522. Mss Eur F699/1/4/7/37

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/4/7/37
Title:
Mutiny Special Commissioners Reports
Scope & Content:
Series of Mutiny Special Commissioner’s Reports, under Act XVII of 1857. Consists of reports regarding special commissions acting at Goruckpore, Moradabad, Shahjehanpore, Bijnore, and Banda. Includes lists of persons tried and sentenced, with supporting memoranda and correspondence, including r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1857-Oct 1858
Extent:

1 folder (25 items)

1523. Mss Eur F699/1/4/7/38

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/4/7/38
Title:
Plan of Lucknow
Scope & Content:
Plan of Lucknow, illustrating operations under Sir Colin Campbell during March 1858. Surveyed and drawn by Lieutenant A. M. Lang, J. U . Champain and Dr Ward, Bengal Engineers and Mr J. May, Assistant, in accordance with Captain Moorson’s original plan. To accompany Chief Engineer’s report of th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1858
Extent:

1 folded item (oversize)

1524. Mss Eur F699/1/4/7/39

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/4/7/39
Title:
Miscellaneous papers relating to the Indian Rebellion
Scope & Content:
Letter from the Secret Committee of the East India Company, 9 Mar 1858, enclosing copy of letter from Lord Ellenborough to the Maharajah of Gwalior, dated 2 Mar 1858. With annotations. Printed 'East India (Oude Proclamation). A Copy of the Answer to the Governor General of India to the secret ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1858-1859
Extent:

1 folder (3 items)

1525. Mss Eur F699/1/4/7/40

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/4/7/40
Title:
Papers relating to proposed changes to Coinage
Scope & Content:
Bundle of papers relating to the request by the Nizam of Hyderabad to change the inscription on the coinage, Mar 1858-Nov 1859. Includes letters from Cuthbert Davidson, Resident of Hyderabad, forwarding various letters in Urdu. Also letter from the India Office, 15 Sep 1859, regarding proposed ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1858-Nov 1859
Extent:

1 folder (20 items)

1526. Mss Eur F699/1/4/7/41

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/4/7/41
Title:
Papers relating to Mirza Zem-Ool-Abadeen of Herat
Scope & Content:
Letters from Colonel R. A. Taylor and Charles A. Murray regarding the appointment of Mirza Zem-Ool-Abadeen to a position of news writer in Herat, 1857-58. Subsequent correspondence from Lewis Pelly, 1861, includes discussion of the possibility of a pension payment to Mirza Zem-Ool-Abadeen, on con...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1857-Sep 1861
Extent:

1 folder (16 items)

1527. Mss Eur F699/1/4/7/42

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/4/7/42
Title:
Miscellaneous papers from Durbars
Scope & Content:
Bundle of papers accumulated during Durbars. Consists of: Ground plan of 'Barnes Court', Simla [1860], annotated in pencil. Two cards showing field state of troops of the 35th Royal Sussex Regiment and those present under arms at Meerut, Dec 1859. List showing field state of the troops on par...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1859-1861
Extent:

1 folder (23 items)

1528. Mss Eur F699/1/4/7/43

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/4/7/43
Title:
Papers regarding Military force in the Bengal Presidency
Scope & Content:
Printed memorandum by General Patrick Grant regarding the strength and disposition of the military force of the Bengal Presidency. Return on the State of Troops serving in Bengal under General Sir Hugh Rose, Oct 1860. Gives list of numbers of troops in each Regiment at each station, with genera...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1860-Oct 1860
Extent:

1 folder (4 items, including covering note)

1529. Mss Eur F699/1/4/7/44

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/4/7/44
Title:
Papers regarding Military organisation and finance
Scope & Content:
Copy of memorandum by John Lawrence, 25 Jan 1861, regarding army reform, with annotations by Bartle Frere. Printed Military Budget Estimate for 1862-63, and review of arrangements for 1861-62, dated 18 Mar 1862. Military Finance Department report 25 Feb 1862, on military pay, rank & allowa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1861-1862
Extent:

1 folder (4 items)

1530. Mss Eur F699/1/4/7/45

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/4/7/45
Title:
Letters from Sir George Clerk
Scope & Content:
Bundle of letters from Sir George Clerk, to Sir Henry Bartle Frere, Charles Canning, and others, including memorandum and other enclosures, regarding report of the Military Commission and other matters. Consists of: 12 letters from George Clerk to Sir Henry Bartle Frere, Sep 1861-Mar 1862, with...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1861-Mar 1862
Extent:

1 folder (47 items, including enclosures, envelopes and covering notes)