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251. Mss Eur F699/1/4/3/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/4/3/3
Title:
Papers relating to the Postal Service in France
Scope & Content:
File of material mostly relating to arrangements for appointments in the French postal service. Contains the following: Wrapper 'From M. Edouard Thayer'. Memoranda, in French, describing the method of appointment to the postal service, with two copies of printed 'Conditions de candidature pour...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1852-1854
Extent:
1 folder (25 items)

252. Mss Eur F699/1/4/5/6

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/4/5/6
Title:
Correspondence with Sir Edmund Lyons
Scope & Content:
Two letters from Sir Edmund Lyons, and draft of reply from Charles Canning, relating to a misunderstanding in debate concerning the British minister in Athens and the Don Pacifico affair.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jun 1850-23 Jun 1850
Extent:
1 folder (6 folios)

253. Mss Eur F699/1/4/6/28

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/4/6/28
Title:
'I-K' Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
Copies of correspondence received from the Curia and British diplomatic agents in various parts of Italy from 1823-1833; also law officers on the possibility of establishing a diplomatic mission to the Holy See. Undated [c.1845] Draft speech on the Irish Potato Famine, with pp1-2 missing. Undat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1845-1853
Extent:
1 folder (14 items)

254. Mss Eur F699/1/4/7/11

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/4/7/11
Title:
Diary of Journey to India
Scope & Content:
Charles Canning's diary kept on the journey to India, up the Red Sea, visiting Thebes in Egypt, Aden, then Bombay and Madras before arriving in Calcutta. Dates from 1 Jan - 2 Mar 1856, and includes detailed description of the journey, places visited and people. The diary is written in a Lett's Di...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1856-2 Mar 1856
Extent:

1 volume

255. Mss Eur F699/1/4/7/13

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/4/7/13
Title:
Addresses presented at Bombay and Madras
Scope & Content:
Address from the Inhabitants of Bombay, with draft copy and fair copy of Canning’s address in reply, 1 Feb 1856 Canning’s draft reply to an address by the Bombay Association, 4 Feb 1856 Letter from Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy, 5 Feb 1856, expressing regret at being unable to attend Canning’s visi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Feb 1856-21 Feb 1856
Extent:

1 folder (14 items)

256. Mss Eur F699/1/4/7/28

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/4/7/28
Title:
Letters from Charles A. Murray
Scope & Content:
Six letters from Charles A. Murray, Tehran, to Charles Canning, 17 Sep 1857-2 Jan 1858. Letters contain various enclosures, including translations of letters from Herat and dispatches, including from Colonel Taylor's mission to Herat. Letters dated 31 Oct 1857 and 15 Nov 1857 contain copies of d...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Sep 1857-1 Feb 1858
Extent:

1 folder (30 items, including wrapper & envelopes)

257. Mss Eur F699/1/4/7/30

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/4/7/30
Title:
Miscellaneous letters, including from political colleagues
Scope & Content:
Letters written to Charles Canning, arranged chronologically. Correspondents include: Henry Drummond, Lord Dalhousie, Charles F. Scott from the General Post Office, Lord Aberdeen (enclosing letter from Lord Elphinstone), Lord Haddington, Frederick Bruce?, Sir John Tilley, Lord Shelburne, Willia...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Apr 1856-18 Dec 1857
Extent:

1 folder (19 items)

258. Mss Eur F699/1/4/7/33

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/4/7/33
Title:
Miscellaneous letters, including from political colleagues
Scope & Content:
Letters written to Charles Canning, arranged chronologically. Correspondents include: Sidney Herbert, William E. Gladstone, the Duke of Newcastle, Lord Aberdeen, Robert Vernon Smith, Gerald Chetwynd Talbot, Lord Lansdowne, Lord Elphinstone, Charles Stuart, Lord Enfield, Rev. John S. Howson and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Feb 1858-23 Dec 1858
Extent:

1 folder (24 items)

259. Mss Eur F699/1/4/7/36

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/4/7/36
Title:
Secret Appointment of Sir Patrick Grant
Scope & Content:
Duplicate and copy of secret letter from the Directors of the East India Company, 10 Sep 1857, provisionally appointing Sir Patrick Grant as Governor General of India, if anything were to happen to Charles Canning. With envelope. Also draft unfinished copy of Canning's reply, 22 Oct 1857.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Sep 1857-22 Oct 1857
Extent:

1 folder (4 items)

260. Mss Eur F699/1/4/7/45

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/4/7/45
Title:
Letters from Sir George Clerk
Scope & Content:
Bundle of letters from Sir George Clerk, to Sir Henry Bartle Frere, Charles Canning, and others, including memorandum and other enclosures, regarding report of the Military Commission and other matters. Consists of: 12 letters from George Clerk to Sir Henry Bartle Frere, Sep 1861-Mar 1862, with...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1861-Mar 1862
Extent:

1 folder (47 items, including enclosures, envelopes and covering notes)