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21. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/15/21

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/15/21
Title:
60d. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
There is better news from Mhow, the post has been regularly received, and the telegraph has just been reopened. Evidently Holkar was not implicated. His troops were probably urged on by the Bengal sepoys at Mhow. The two bodies of men marched off towards Delhi, but quarrelled over booty, and so ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jul 1857
Extent:
2 items

22. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/15/22

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/15/22
Title:
61. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Writes that the news of the insurrection appears to have reached England by telegraph soon after the packet of 26 Jun was closed, when Lord Clarendon sent a short message to the Consul at Marseilles which Elphinstone has already transmitted by both Madras and Hyderabad. It is a pity Clarendon di...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jul 1857
Extent:
1 item

23. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/15/23

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/15/23
Title:
61a. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Sends papers received from Captain Hungerford, in command of the Battery of Bengal Artillery in the Fort of Mhow. Elphinstone believes in the sincerity of Holkar's friendly professions; had he not remained staunch, there would have been a great deal of trouble. Elphinstone has written to Durand ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jul 1857
Extent:
4 items

24. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/15/24

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/15/24
Title:
62. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Has telegraphed the important information brought by the Mail to Madras. The President says that Canning's proposal to raise 3 more European regiments for the Company is being considered, and in the mean time 4 Queen's regiments have been sent. The Cabinet does not want to ask the Pasha for perm...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Aug 1857
Extent:
5 items

25. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/15/25

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/15/25
Title:
62a. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Sends a copy of a letter from John Russell Colvin. Elphinstone's confidence in the native troops of the Presidency has been considerably shaken by the reports reaching him in the last few days. There has been a partial mutiny in one regiment at Kolapore, and an officer of great energy has been s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Aug 1857
Extent:
2 items

26. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/15/26

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/15/26
Title:
62b. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Suggests that Delhi might be relieved from the western side of India. The troops might be collected at Ajmere. The country is possible to cross at all seasons. Camels are being collected. Elphinstone sees that only one regiment is being landed at Bombay but that several others are to touch at Ga...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Aug 1857
Extent:
1 item

27. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/15/27

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/15/27
Title:
62c. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Sends letters from Sir John Lawrence [not enclosed] and agrees that it is desirable to have different classes of native troops, and even different sections. Suggests the division of the Bengal Army into Punjabis and Hindustanis. Asks for advice about the raising of troops from territories beyond...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Aug 1857
Extent:
1 item

28. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/15/28

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/15/28
Title:
63. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Sends papers from Murray [not enclosed]. All is quiet in Bombay, though the native troops are not to be depended upon when in contact with other sepoys in a state of mutiny. The latest news from Delhi is that the reinforcements had arrived, but the siege train was still awaited.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Sep 1857
Extent:
1 item

29. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/15/29

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/15/29
Title:
64. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Sends copies of two letters. Some reinforcements have come in from the Cape and Mauritius. The 89th were sent at once to Gugerat. Two more disarmings have taken place, at Hyderabad in Sind and at Kurrachee, both were well managed, and both were discovered by the fidelity of the native officers. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Sep 1857
Extent:
3 items

30. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/15/30

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/15/30
Title:
64a. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Writes that it is two months since he suggested that if some of the troops which are to touch at Ceylon were sent to Bombay, a column could be formed to advance through Gugerat and Rajpootana upon Delhi or Agra. Repeats his request for some troops to be sent to Bombay. The Joudpore Legion has no...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Oct 1857
Extent:
2 items

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