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71. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/71

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/71
Title:
51. Letter from William A. Morehead
Scope & Content:
Hopes that Canning has received the telegram recommending Lieutenant Duncan 46th Native Infantry as organiser of the new Police in Pegu. Praises Duncan. The Income Tax is now accepted as a matter of course, admits that he was wrong in expecting trouble when the tax was first mentioned. The Arms ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Oct 1860
Extent:

1 item

72. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/72

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/72
Title:
52. Letter from William A. Morehead
Scope & Content:
All goes well in Madras. The towns' assessors have some difficulty in discovering the owners of houses. The Pegu Superintendent of Police is to leave by the first Nov steamer. Has sent a General Order about Army reductions, hopes it will be approved. Has heard from Sir Charles Wood that the Pres...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Oct 1860
Extent:

1 item

73. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/73

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/73
Title:
53. Letter from Sir William Denison
Scope & Content:
Written from Government House, Sydney. Denison has been told that he has been appointed to Madras, and that he was to go there as quickly as possible. Sir Charles Wood said that Denison might as well see Canning on his way, and that Canning would tell him about this when Denison reached Galle. D...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Nov 1860
Extent:

1 item

74. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/74

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/74
Title:
54. Letter from William A. Morehead
Scope & Content:
Thanks Canning for his kind letter of 21 Nov. Expects Sir William Denison about 25 Jan. A letter has been sent to the Supreme Government on their interference with small details, the letter was drawn up with care and Morehead thinks it is a just and discreet one. The amount to be realised by the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1860
Extent:

4 items

75. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/75

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/75
Title:
55. Letter from William A. Morehead
Scope & Content:
Expects Sir William Denison about 25 Jan. Urges the substitution of the Madras Regular troops for the Nagpore Irregulars, because the Madras Army deserves to be treated with some consideration, and the Nagpore Irregulars are unreliable. Sends a memorandum by Lieutenant Colonel Woods, Adjutant Ge...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Dec 1860
Extent:

2 items

76. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/76

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/76
Title:
55a. Letter from William A. Morehead
Scope & Content:
Names two officers fit to succeed Sir Mark Cubbon, Frank Maltby and Brigadier W C McLeod. Discusses the two men. Hopes that the Rajah (of Mysore) will continue to resist pressure from the Brahmins, and continue in his refusal to adopt an heir. He will not adopt anyway until he believes he is dyi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jan 1861
Extent:

1 item

77. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/77

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/77
Title:
56. Letter from Sir William Denison
Scope & Content:
Understands that Canning is not in any immediate hurry to see him, and wishes to postpone his visit to Calcutta until after the 20th, so that he can spend the intervening time with his wife and four children, who are going home to England. The time will not be ill spent, he is learning about the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Feb 1861
Extent:

1 item

78. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/78

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/78
Title:
56a. Letter from Sir William Denison
Scope & Content:
Has recommended that Military Establishments for the whole of India should be one of the special reservations which should be made, if the Presidencies were allowed to legislate in local matters for themselves. Discusses military arrangements. Begins with the premise that India must be held by t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Mar 1861
Extent:

1 item

79. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/79

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/79
Title:
56b. Letter from Sir William Denison
Scope & Content:
Writes that his hair stood on end when he heard he was likely to be afflicted with a Legislative Council. He remembers the difficulties he had with a similar body in Van Diemen Land. Perhaps Canning is trying in this way to get rid of the Legislative Council at Calcutta. He understands that they...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Mar 1861
Extent:

1 item

80. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/80

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/13/80
Title:
57. Letter from Sir William Denison
Scope & Content:
Has heard that his brother may not be allowed to act as his Military Secretary. If this is so, Denison would have to postpone his visit to Canning, or make it immediately, because he could not leave his daughters at Madras except under his brother's protection. Endorsed: Answered by Telegraph ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Mar 1861
Extent:

1 item

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