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251. Mss Eur F83/8, f154

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Mss Eur F83/8, f154
Title:
Letter from Wood to Elgin
Scope & Content:
Reminds him that in his letters by "you" he means the Govt of India, not Elgin personally; reiterates disappointment at failure to initiate public works; Elgin himself has denied cause is labour shortage; Wood suggests problem may be unwillingness of Engineer officers to employ outsiders and bad ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jun 1863
Extent:
1 item

252. Mss Eur F83/8, f232

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Mss Eur F83/8, f232
Title:
Letter from Wood to Elgin
Scope & Content:
Sir J Lawrence's concern that Elgin's camp and army of exercise at Lahore should avoid any impression of intention to interfere in Afghanistan; rumours of difference between Persia and Afghans over Seistan
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Sep 1863
Extent:
1 item

253. Mss Eur F83/8, f240

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/8, f240
Title:
Letter from Wood to Elgin
Scope & Content:
Refers to Elgin's letter of 20 September (2); questions of moving seat of Government (which would make Governor-General more general, and meetings of Council for legislative purposes elsewhere than at Calcutta (which might please natives of upper India); legal aspects of Govt being carried on in ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Oct 1863
Extent:
1 item

254. Mss Eur F83/8, f244

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/8, f244
Title:
Letter from Wood to Elgin
Scope & Content:
[Refers to Elgin's letter of 30 August (1)] on question of ordering regiments on foreign service or calling for volunteers; Wood prefers volunteering on political grounds even though they have the right to order troops abroad; 'Miss Nightingale & Co have gone mad on Sanitary matters' Lord Sta...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Oct 1863
Extent:
1 item

255. Mss Eur F83/8, f255

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/8, f255
Title:
Letter from Wood to Elgin
Scope & Content:
Refers to Elgin's letter of 20 September (3); denies he has changed his opinion on use of cash balances for reproductive public works, and explains at length his position and course of action in paying off debt; everything done has been in consequence of what he has been told by Elgin and Trevel...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Oct 1863-1 Nov 1863
Extent:
1 item

256. Mss Eur F83/8, f263

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/8, f263
Title:
Letter from Wood to Elgin
Scope & Content:
Hopes problem of levy of Sikhs for Ceylon will not deter them from enlisting in future; adverse comments on Rose; Lawrence's fear that Afghans not believe force at Lahore is simply for camp of exercise – Wood cannot see he has any good ground for this but he knows the country so well that his opi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Nov 1863
Extent:
1 item

257. Mss Eur F83/8, f105

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/8, f105
Title:
Letter from Wood to Elgin
Scope & Content:
Refers to Elgin's letters of 18 and 19 March; state of affairs at Sulu; Rose lucky not to be recalled; advantages of keeping whole machine of Govt together; advisability of saying as little as possible on religious matters; discusses which Indian Princes should be awarded Star of India; Drummond'...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 May 1863
Extent:
1 item

258. Mss Eur F83/2, f25v

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Mss Eur F83/2, f25v
Title:
Letter from Elgin to Wood
Scope & Content:
C-in-C (Sir H Rose) does not wish to return to Calcutta during hot weather; is told reason for publicizing interdepartmental disputes is that pressure of public opinion is needed to force bureaucracies to change; discussion with Col Bruce on police organization in India, and his view that local p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Apr 1862
Extent:
1 item

259. Mss Eur F83/24(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/24(1)
Title:
Photograph of a plan of the High Court, Calcutta. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography [Albumen print, 270x135mm]. Subjects = British colonial architecture; courthouses; European architecture in India; maps & plans
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item