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Container Reference (shelfmark) Mss Eur F213/23

11. Mss Eur F213/23, p87

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F213/23, p87
Title:
Letter from Dalhousie to Hobhouse
Scope & Content:
Punjab situation: Mulraj sending agents everywhere to raise troops; appeal being made to Sikh religion; he probably has 10,000 troops rather than 50,000 reported in newspapers; Sikh Durbar troops entirely unreliable and may join Mulraj; Lt (later Sir Herbert) Edwardes (Assistant Political Agent ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jun 1848-3 Jun 1848
Extent:
1 item

12. Mss Eur F213/23, p108

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Mss Eur F213/23, p108
Title:
Letter from Dalhousie to Hobhouse
Scope & Content:
Currie's failure to occupy Fort of Govindghur; offer of assistance from Nepal which will 'of course' be declined; no sign of disturbance outside Punjab; Ghulab Singh betrays no bad spirit; rumours of rising by Khalsa troops; Edwardes and Cortlandt have joined forces and face Mulraj's troops on op...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jun 1848
Extent:
1 item

13. Mss Eur F213/23, p114

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F213/23, p114
Title:
Letter from Dalhousie to Hobhouse
Scope & Content:
Refers to Hobhouse's letter of 7 May; problem concerning Indian Duties Act (IV of 1848) has been solved; briefly answers objections to it; Turton case and question of whether Indian Govt or Imperial Parliament should legislate to reform Registrar's Office; KCBs for Henry Lawrence and George Clerk...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jul 1848
Extent:
1 item

14. Mss Eur F213/23, p118

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F213/23, p118
Title:
Letter from Dalhousie to Hobhouse
Scope & Content:
Communications with Lahore have been interrupted but an express from Currie of 22 June reports that on 18 June Edwardes and Nawab of Bahawalpur have defeated Mulraj's troops in 9 hour engagement; if Edwardes takes Multan he will deserve high praise; encloses copy of letter to Queen.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jul 1848
Extent:
1 item

15. Mss Eur F213/23, p137

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F213/23, p137
Title:
Letter from Dalhousie to Hobhouse
Scope & Content:
Has been confined to bed 3-6 July; is told sickness due simply to unusually hot weather; Currie, inconsistently with his earlier advice, now advises that British troops can be moved to Multan despite season of year, which impairs Dalhousie's confidence in him; distance makes it very inadvisable f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jul 1848
Extent:
1 item

16. Mss Eur F213/23, p143

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F213/23, p143
Title:
Letter from Dalhousie to Hobhouse
Scope & Content:
Turton's case; Hobhouse's strictures on integrity and morality of Calcutta [cf his letter of 23/24 May] are too well founded; members of the two services are without taint, but al Dalhousie can do regarding officers of Court and members of society is to exclude mis-doers from his house; possible ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Aug 1848
Extent:
1 item

17. Mss Eur F213/23, p147

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F213/23, p147
Title:
Letter from Dalhousie to Hobhouse
Scope & Content:
Refers to Hobhouse's letter of 24 June, and his own of 10 July; reviews developments since then and criticises at great length Currie's order (which Indian Govt felt they must confirm) to move British troops to Multan despite all his and the C-in-C's earlier statements that such movement was imp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Aug 1848-8 Aug 1848
Extent:
1 item

18. Mss Eur F213/23, p159

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F213/23, p159
Title:
Letter from Dalhousie to Hobhouse
Scope & Content:
Troops gradually marching off, so far with no ill effects; rumour of Edwardes having suffered defeat; Currie has written a more becoming letter; he now says European troops can be moved easily at this season – Dalhousie continues to be anxious about combined effects of sickness and heat on their ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Aug 1848
Extent:
1 item

19. Mss Eur F213/23, p186

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F213/23, p186
Title:
Letter from Dalhousie to Hobhouse
Scope & Content:
News but no details of insurrection in Ceylon; Dalhousie is sceptical of rumours that Edwardes has suffered a defeat.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Aug 1848
Extent:
1 item

20. Mss Eur F213/23, p197

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F213/23, p197
Title:
Letter from Dalhousie to Hobhouse
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Hobhouse's letter of 24 July; inexpediency of Wellington's proposal to send Napier to assist at siege of Multan; troops concentrating before Multan with not much adverse effect on their health so far; two minor insurrections which lend credence to Currie's belief in general Sikh cons...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Sep 1848
Extent:
1 item

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