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Container Reference (shelfmark) Mss Eur Photo Eur 465

11. Mss Eur Photo Eur 465, f160

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Mss Eur Photo Eur 465, f160
Title:
Letter from Mayo to Argyll
Scope & Content:
Urges Argyll not to come to any sudden conclusion on Permanent Settlement in North-West; all who supported Sir C Wood in favour of it in 1862 have changed their mind; question of little importance now but could be matter of 'life and death to our rule 25 or 30 years hence'; encloses note by (Sir)...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jun 1871
Extent:
1 item

12. Mss Eur Photo Eur 465, f194

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Mss Eur Photo Eur 465, f194
Title:
Letter from Mayo to Argyll
Scope & Content:
Hopes John Strachey (Home Member, Governor-General's Council) will soon get KCSI; price of opium and therefore revenue likely to rise in current year; Herat appears to have fallen through treachery, which suggest Yaqub had received substantial funds from some source; on receiving an intimation th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jun 1871
Extent:
1 item

13. Mss Eur Photo Eur 465, f219

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Mss Eur Photo Eur 465, f219
Title:
Letter from Mayo to Argyll
Scope & Content:
Refers to Argyll's letter of 19 May; relationship between settlement of land revenue and local taxation; Secretary of State's orders issued four years previously for permanent settlements have not in fact been acted on; Sir W Muir (Lt-Governor of North-Western Provinces) opposes view that revenue...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jun 1871
Extent:
1 item

14. Mss Eur Photo Eur 465, f234

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Mss Eur Photo Eur 465, f234
Title:
Letter from Mayo to Argyll
Scope & Content:
Asks Argyll to expedite despatch of railway material (locomotives and permanent way) already indented for.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jun 1871
Extent:
1 item

15. Mss Eur Photo Eur 465, f262

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Mss Eur Photo Eur 465, f262
Title:
Letter from Mayo to Argyll
Scope & Content:
Despatch being sent on reduction of native army which Mayo hopes will close the question; Mayo comments adversely on utility of Madras Army which he believes it is unnecessary to maintain at its present strength; C-in-C's low opinion of it; situation in Afghanistan and risky nature of Sher Ali's ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jun 1871
Extent:
1 item

16. Mss Eur Photo Eur 465, f266

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Photo Eur 465, f266
Title:
Letter from Mayo to Argyll
Scope & Content:
Mayo's letter to Amir seems to have had good effect, but situation in Afghanistan could change again; Yaqub boasts of having obtained money from Persia – gates of Herat clearly opened by bribery; encloses memorandum on Alwar case.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1871
Extent:
1 item

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