Copy correspondence between the East India Company Court and the War Office on supplying field telegraph equipment to the forces in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copy correspondence between James Melvill, Secretary, East India Company, with the War Office, regarding procurement of two field telegraphs for shipment to Bombay and transmission to Bushire, the Headquarters of the Expedition force in the Persian Gulf (also spelled Gulph), u...
Reports on Civil and Military officers who performed good service during the Mutinies':
Scope & Content:
extracts from correspondence, reports and orders on the services of individuals 1857-58, with a copy of Lord Canning's minute on the subject 2 Jul 1859, and a printed List of Europeans who rendered good service to the government during the Mutiny (London, 8 Oct 1859), with index
Draft report of the 'Committee appointed to consider special claims to reward arising out of services performed during the Indian Mutinies other than in the field,'
Scope & Content:
with a memorandum on the committee and a list of surviving officers mentioned in despatches