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131. Mss Eur F90/27, no.7

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/27, no.7
Title:
Letter from Wood to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
Comments on Mansfield's proposal to establish Government newspaper [cf Lawrence's letter of 21 December (1)]; explains practise and views at home; telegraph means newspapers often hear news before Govt; at home an avowed Govt organ is not considered advisable, but this conclusion may not apply to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Feb 1866
Extent:
1 item

132. Mss Eur F90/27, no.8

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/27, no.8
Title:
Letter from Wood to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
Two important despatches being sent, on Bhutan and artillery reductions; despatch on Bhutan gives general approval; on artillery, India Office officials think calculations are mistaken and would produce increase rather decrease in cost; Wood is against principle on which calculations are based; a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Feb 1866
Extent:
1 item

133. Mss Eur F90/27, no.9

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/27, no.9
Title:
Letter from Wood to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
His resignation [from 16 February], reasons for it, and regrets at ceasing to have part in administration of India; new Parliamentary Under Secretary, (Sir) James Stansfeld is a friend of Wood's; regrets at ending his partnership with Lawrence – 'we differed very on anything and it was a great sa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Feb 1866
Extent:
1 item

134. Mss Eur F90/27, no.10

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/27, no.10
Title:
Letter from De Grey to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
Asks Lawrence to write fully and freely and promises support; hopes Lawrence will have seen enough of him when they were together at India Office (De Grey was Parliamentary Under-Secretary Jan-Jul 1861) to know that he feels deep interest in Indian questions and in 'welfare of the populations, fo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Feb 1866
Extent:
1 item

135. Mss Eur F90/27, no.11

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/27, no.11
Title:
Letter from Wood to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Lawrence's letters of 19 and 23 January which he will leave to de Grey; hopes when Lawrence returns they may have many opportunities to talk over matters.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Feb 1866
Extent:
1 item

136. Mss Eur F90/27, no.12

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/27, no.12
Title:
Letter from De Grey to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
Congratulations on termination of Bhutan campaign; de Grey strongly dislikes what Duke of Wellington called "a great country's little wars"; two despatches being sent on matters arising from motions in Commons – working of competitive system of recruitment to civil service (on which de Grey think...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Mar 1866
Extent:
1 item

137. Mss Eur F90/27, no.13

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/27, no.13
Title:
Letter from Wood to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Lawrence's letters of 2 and 8 February; explains his position on borrowing for irrigation; agrees with Lawrence in preferring Govt action to private enterprise in irrigation works and has tried to impress this opinion on successors; Stanley's case; restates his position on Oudh tenur...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Mar 1866
Extent:
1 item

138. Mss Eur F90/27, no.14

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/27, no.14
Title:
Letter from Wood to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
Briefly reiterates position on Oudh; on Bhutan things soldiers 'talked of their doings and the necessity for preparations as if they had been engaged with the Russians instead of with half-armed savages'.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Mar 1866
Extent:
1 item

139. Mss Eur F90/27, no.15

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/27, no.15
Title:
Letter from De Grey to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
Appointment of Cotton Commissioner for Berar which is desired in Lancashire; hopes for fuller expression of Lawrence's views on Indian Sanitary Commissions, and that duties of sanitary officers can be extended from purely military sphere to cover larger towns, in which case a Sanitary Dept may be...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Mar 1866
Extent:
1 item

140. Mss Eur F90/27, no.16

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/27, no.16
Title:
Letter from De Grey to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
Asks Lawrence to summon de Grey's relative R S Ellis to Legislative Council if it can be done with propriety.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Mar 1866
Extent:
1 item