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251. Mss Eur F90/30, no.12

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Mss Eur F90/30, no.12
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Refers to Wood's letter of 7 December; discusses contract and rent question; believes abolition of Grand Jury will pass easily, Napier and Grey having moderated their opposition; Bank question is settled, Lawrence having supported (despite his reservations) Trevelyan's views; casualty rates by de...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Feb 1865
Extent:
1 item

252. Mss Eur F90/30, no.16

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Mss Eur F90/30, no.16
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Wood's letters of 25 and 26 January; Lawrence's letter of 26 January will have given Wood his side of Oudh taluqdari question; denies he has ever been opposed to taluqdari tenure – 'what I am for is justice and fair dealing to all parties, to high and low, rich and poor'; further def...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Mar 1865
Extent:
1 item

253. Mss Eur F90/30, no.24

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Mss Eur F90/30, no.24
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Fourteen of fifteen judges of High Court have come to conclusion adverse to Peacock's judgement in rent case (only dissentient being Peacock); despatch on Oudh tenures in answer to Wood's almost ready; comments on points of detail in Wood's memorandum sent with his letter of 27 February (3); defe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Apr 1865
Extent:
1 item

254. Mss Eur F90/30, no.26

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.26
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Case of 9th Cavalry; Lawrence wants a ruling on his powers of interference in military matters when necessary on grounds of public safety; discusses character of Native Army and native soldier; crucial importance of ability of Commanding Officer to enlist loyalty of his men; implications of fact ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Apr 1865
Extent:
1 item

255. Mss Eur F90/30, no.28

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Mss Eur F90/30, no.28
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Wood's letters of 17 and 18 March; financial situation; two great causes of expenditure are Army and Police; possible army reductions; police are very expensive because of number of English officers employed; Lawrence sees little scope for reductions.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Apr 1865
Extent:
1 item

256. Mss Eur F90/30, no.34

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Mss Eur F90/30, no.34
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Wood's letter of 17 April; plans for Bhutan expedition – on which expenditure is inevitable 'particularly when the affair is practically in the hands of the military authorities'.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 May 1865
Extent:
1 item

257. Mss Eur F90/30, no.48

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Mss Eur F90/30, no.48
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Food in some places rising to famine prices; draft Act by (Sir) William Muir (Secretary to Govt of India Foreign Dept) to amend Act X of 1859 satisfactory for all parts of India except Bengal and Oudh, which Lawrence suggests should be treated differently- 'it is impossible to have one Law of thi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Aug 1865
Extent:
1 item

258. Mss Eur F90/30, no.52

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.52
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Wood's letter of 31 July; no objection to Bowring's proposal to settle Mysore family in tract south of Cauvery river once main question is disposed of, but no such concession should be offered initially; his Council are opposed to expenditure for Paris Exhibition but Lawrence thinks ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Sep 1865
Extent:
1 item

259. Mss Eur F90/30, no.56

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.56
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Policy in event of Wahabi Amir attacking Imam of Muscat; need to forestall French influence in Muscat and to prevent it falling into hands of a 'fanatical and dangerous' sect; requests power to instruct Admiral in Indian Seas to send man-of-war to Wahabi ports.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Sep 1865
Extent:
1 item

260. Mss Eur F90/30, no.60

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.60
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Murder of Lt Ommanney at Mardan; reminds Wood of request in letter of 14 June for medical man for Lawrence Asylum at Sanawar.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Oct 1865
Extent:
1 item