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241. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/4

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/4
Title:
3. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Sends a letter from Mr Murray [not enclosed] and a letter from Mr Stevens, the Consul at Teheran with comments. Captain Kemball thinks the Shah intended to invade Baghdad if the war had continued, and if his advances were favourably received at St Petersburg. Describes some Persian intrigues at ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Mar 1856
Extent:
2 items

242. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/9

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/9
Title:
7. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
He is glad to find that Lord Canning approves of the way in which the Bombay budget of public works has been prepared. Regrets that the Court has managed to stop all the public works not actually commenced, as Elphinstone was going to ask for some experienced engineer or engineers to survey the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 May 1856
Extent:
1 item

243. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/19

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/19
Title:
17. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Writes further to his most private note of 9 Aug. Colonel Bates writing from London on 10 Jul informed Elphinstone that he had heard from Colonel Rawlinson there was great probability of an Expedition against Persia; it would consist of 10,000 men, and Bates might accompany it. Bates wrote that ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Aug 1856
Extent:
1 item

244. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/37

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/37
Title:
35. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Hopes to be able to send a detailed estimate of the expenses of the Expedition shortly, comments. Suggests that some of the transports be sent back when the troops have been landed, the ships could be paid off. Elphinstone is glad that Canning intends to publish a Notification before the Expedit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Oct 1856
Extent:
1 item

245. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/46

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/46
Title:
44. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Writes that the mail of 27 Oct brings no orders about Mohumra. Vernon Smith writes that he has heard nothing more from the Foreign Office. The Secret Committee have refused to give an opinion on the desirability of taking Mohumra, and the Chairman writes as if the whole conduct of the expedition...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Nov 1856
Extent:
3 items

246. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/47

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/14/47
Title:
45. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Thanks Canning for his kind letter, he is glad to find that he is acquitted of intentionally passing over the Government of India and he is sure that Colonel Melville who drew up the General Order is equally innocent. There has been another mistake in the General Order which was published thanki...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Dec 1856
Extent:
1 item

247. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/15/15

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/15/15
Title:
58. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Sends a copy of a letter from Sir James Outram. When the letter was written, Outram had not received the full discretionary power he now has, to send back any part of his European Force which he could spare. In transmitting this authority to him, the Bombay Government sent a list of stations to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 May 1857
Extent:
2 items

248. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/15/16

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/15/16
Title:
59. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Has ordered Sir James Outram to send back a whole Division, and hopes he has anticipated Canning's wishes. The protection of Mohummerah is to be left to the Indian Navy. Has also suggested that Outram himself should return to India, and leave Jacob in command. He is sorry to hear that the spirit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 May 1857
Extent:
1 item

249. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/15/20

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/15/20
Title:
60c. Letter from Lord Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Writes that he was told on 2 Jul that telegraphic communication with Indore was cut off, and that the signaller at the station south of the Nerbudda reported heavy firing from that direction. On 4 Jul a message was received from Captain Hungerford, dated 2 Jul, giving particulars of the outbreak...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jul 1857
Extent:
1 item

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

Reference (shelfmark):
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