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42. Mss Eur F90/32B, no.42
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F90/32B, no.42
- Title:
- Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
- Scope & Content:
- Refers to Northcote's letter of 9 June; would have preferred stronger candidate than Gen McCleverty for Madras command; state of Madras Army; arguments for believing new (Irregular) system of officering Indian Army better than old; principle of 'employment of the superior classes of the natives' ...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 16 Jul 1867
- Extent:
- 1 item
43. Mss Eur F90/32B, no.43
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F90/32B, no.43
- Title:
- Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
- Scope & Content:
- [Refers to Northcote's letter of 9 June]; he and his Council agree Godavari irrigation works are waste of money; explains how Secretary of State's Council (against their better judgement) acquiesced in them because proposed by Sir Charles Wood with backing of Parliament; suggests work should cont...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 18 Jul 1867
- Extent:
- 1 item
44. Mss Eur F90/32B, no.44
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F90/32B, no.44
- Title:
- Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
- Scope & Content:
- 2d per day rise in pay for British troops in India – payment arrangements should not be changed; total cost will be 'something more than £200,000 per annum'.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 19 Jul 1867
- Extent:
- 1 item
45. Mss Eur F90/32B, no.45
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F90/32B, no.45
- Title:
- Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
- Scope & Content:
- Refers to Northcote's letter of 18 May [sic, 15 May apparently intended]; Calcutta cannot be entirely abandoned as seat of Govt of India, and latter cannot resume administration of Bengal; people of Bengal are 'infinitely more docile than those of any other part of India, though the English settl...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 30 Jul 1867
- Extent:
- 1 item
46. Mss Eur F90/32B, no.46
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F90/32B, no.46
- Title:
- Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
- Scope & Content:
- Acknowledges Northcote's letters of 24 and 26 June; strongly favours appointment of Judge Advocate General but equally opposes his inclusion in Council; basic need is for barrister who 'is a gentleman, and who would generally be believed to act impartially and be in a thoroughly independent posit...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1 Aug 1867
- Extent:
- 1 item
47. Mss Eur F90/32B, no.47
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F90/32B, no.47
- Title:
- Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
- Scope & Content:
- Glad to hear Abyssinian expedition is to go ahead – 'we owe it to our prestige, and above all to the captives'; discusses preparations and especially qualities required in expedition's commander (Napier a good choice) and second-in-command; need for good relations with tribes through whose territ...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 3 Aug 1867
- Extent:
- 1 item
48. Mss Eur F90/32B, no.48
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F90/32B, no.48
- Title:
- Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
- Scope & Content:
- Refers to Northcote's letter of 10 July; opposes employment for Maj Gleig who is idle – 'he is a bad bargain, of which we have so many in India'; he and his Council united in opposition to providing examination facilities in India to enable Indians to gain employment in Civil Service; Indians mor...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 17 Aug 1867
- Extent:
- 1 item
49. Mss Eur F90/32B, no.49
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F90/32B, no.49
- Title:
- Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
- Scope & Content:
- Reported designs of Persia on Heart may be true, as Persia certainly wish to have it; policy towards Russia on central Asia; strongly opposes advance on Afghanistan; both Afghan parties hate Persia – Lawrence proposes support for whichever Afghan party is in power against her; further discussion ...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 18 Aug 1867
- Extent:
- 1 item
50. Mss Eur F90/32B, no.50
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F90/32B, no.50
- Title:
- Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
- Scope & Content:
- Acknowledges Northcote's letter of 3 August; Abyssinian expedition should be launched by January; availability of transport in Africa will determine whether this is feasible; understands that whole expedition will be responsibility of Fitzgerald and Napier, role of Bengal being to support them; p...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1 Sep 1867
- Extent:
- 1 item