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Container Reference (shelfmark) Mss Eur F699/2

1. Mss Eur F699/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/2/1
Title:
Family Correspondence & Papers
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers relating to the family of Charlotte, Lady Canning. Includes letters between various family members, including: Charlotte Canning's parents, Lord Charles Stuart de Rothesay and Lady Elizabeth Stuart de Rothesay; her sister Louisa Stuart, later Lady Waterford; her m...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1778-1893
Extent:

27 folders

2. Mss Eur F699/2/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/2/2
Title:
Journals
Scope & Content:
Charlotte Canning's personal journals, which have been arranged into three separate sub-series: Mss Eur F699/2/2/1/: British & European Journals, 1840-1852 Mss Eur F699/2/2/2: India Journals, 1855-1861: Almost all of the original journals were damaged by fire in Dec 1859 and are in a fragi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1840-1861
Extent:
12 volumes & 1 folder

3. Mss Eur F699/2/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/2/3
Title:
Papers relating to Nursing & the Crimean War
Scope & Content:
Charlotte Canning was Chair of the Committee for the Establishment for Gentlewomen During Illness (also known as the Institution for the Care of Sick Gentlewomen During Illness), which appointed Florence Nightingale as Superintendent to their premises at Harley Street in 1853. Charlotte Canning ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1848-1858
Extent:
12 folders

4. Mss Eur F699/2/4

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/2/4
Title:
Correspondence with Queen Victoria
Scope & Content:
Mss Eur F699/2/4/1-2: Letters from Queen Victoria to Charlotte Canning, with a few letters from other members of the Royal Family, including thank you letters from the Royal children, and envelopes. Mss Eur F699/2/4/3-5: Copies of letters sent to Queen Victoria by Charlotte Canning while in Ind...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1842-1861
Extent:

5 folders

5. Mss Eur F699/2/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/2/5
Title:
India Correspondence & Papers
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers relating to Charlotte Canning's time in India. Consists of material arranged into the following broad areas: Mss Eur F699/2/5/1-8: Correspondence with named individuals: These files contain correspondence with individuals which appears to have been previously ext...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1856-1861
Extent:

33 folders

6. Mss Eur F699/2/6

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/2/6
Title:
Miscellaneous Correspondence & Papers
Scope & Content:
Consists of papers relating to Maria Therese Asmar, bundle of correspondence written to Charlotte Canning prior to her departure to India in Oct-Nov 1855, and miscellaneous papers which accompanied the collection.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1846-1962
Extent:

3 folders