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621. Mss Eur F90/32B, no.56

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Mss Eur F90/32B, no.56
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
Scope & Content:
Refers to Northcote's letter of 3 September; transport the main problem in organising Abyssinia expedition; some difficulty and soreness caused by allowing Govt of India no control over preparations for expedition; glad at Northcote's decision on Godavari question; defends certain examples of cen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Oct 1867
Extent:
1 item

622. Mss Eur F90/32B, no.59

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Mss Eur F90/32B, no.59
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
Scope & Content:
[Refers to Northcote's letter of 12/17 September 1867]; Dwarkanath Mitter's appointment; agrees correspondence on Abyssinia expedition should be direct with Bombay Governor; hopes Govt of India will be given chance to have their say on reform of Bengal administration, and on Indian finance and pu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Oct 1867
Extent:
1 item

623. Mss Eur F90/32B, no.62

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Mss Eur F90/32B, no.62
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
Scope & Content:
Refers to Northcote's letter of 1 October; proclamation announcing Abyssinian expedition unnecessary since natives uninterested in it; unfairness of India's having to pay even ordinary expenses of troops during expedition; intends to remain as Governor-General for another year, but is unhappy bec...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Nov 1867
Extent:
1 item

624. Mss Eur F90/32B, no.65

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Mss Eur F90/32B, no.65
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
Scope & Content:
[Refers to Northcote's letter of 18 October (2)]; has already stated requirements needed for successful Finance member in his letter of 22 September; feels very strongly that understanding of Indian conditions is essential; 'Finance I may say has been the bane of my administration'; a Governor-Ge...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Nov 1867
Extent:
1 item

625. Mss Eur F90/32B, no.67

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Mss Eur F90/32B, no.67
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
Scope & Content:
Refers to Northcote's letter of 1 November; explains his motives for referring Tonk case to Northcote; in general prudent, if time allows, for Governor-General to refer to Secretary of State where there is any possibility he might be overruled; general principles which should govern handling of n...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Dec 1867
Extent:
1 item

626. Mss Eur F90/32B, no.71

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Mss Eur F90/32B, no.71
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Northcote's letters of 11 and 18 November [sc 17 November]; Nawab of Tonk's responsibility for murders; Pathans hold human, and especially Hindu, life cheap; Lawrence's only concern regarding Abyssinian expedition is its scale; strength of British troops in India is as low as is safe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Dec 1867
Extent:
1 item

627. Mss Eur F90/32B, no.42

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Mss Eur F90/32B, no.42
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
Scope & Content:
Refers to Northcote's letter of 9 June; would have preferred stronger candidate than Gen McCleverty for Madras command; state of Madras Army; arguments for believing new (Irregular) system of officering Indian Army better than old; principle of 'employment of the superior classes of the natives' ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jul 1867
Extent:
1 item

628. Mss Eur F90/32B, no.43

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Mss Eur F90/32B, no.43
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
Scope & Content:
[Refers to Northcote's letter of 9 June]; he and his Council agree Godavari irrigation works are waste of money; explains how Secretary of State's Council (against their better judgement) acquiesced in them because proposed by Sir Charles Wood with backing of Parliament; suggests work should cont...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jul 1867
Extent:
1 item

629. Mss Eur F90/32B, no.45

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/32B, no.45
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
Scope & Content:
Refers to Northcote's letter of 18 May [sic, 15 May apparently intended]; Calcutta cannot be entirely abandoned as seat of Govt of India, and latter cannot resume administration of Bengal; people of Bengal are 'infinitely more docile than those of any other part of India, though the English settl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jul 1867
Extent:
1 item

630. Mss Eur F90/32B, no.52

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/32B, no.52
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
Scope & Content:
Refers to Northcote's letters of 17 and 19 August; barracks for British troops; inexpedient to publish Queen's views on barbarity of burning villages – explains why such punishments are occasionally necessary.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Sep 1867
Extent:
1 item