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541. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/4/2

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/4/2
Title:
No. 2: Letter from Robert Vernon Smith
Scope & Content:
Thanks Lord Canning for his letter from Cairo; he has received a letter from Lord Dalhousie who seems dissatisfied with the delay about Oudh. Comments on Murray's unwise behaviour over Herat. Prospects of peace in the west improve, though he wishes the war to last another year to drive Russia ba...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Feb 1856
Extent:
1 item

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

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/4/3
Title:
No. 3: Letter from Robert Vernon Smith
Scope & Content:
Has heard from Dalhousie that he hopes the affair of Oudh to be settled before his departure. It will not excite any great interest in England. Dost Mahomed has taken Candahar, and will probably take Herat also. He is not sure that Dalhousie is right in wishing Dost Mahomed to rule all Afghanist...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Feb 1856
Extent:
1 item

543. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/4/5

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/4/5
Title:
No. 5: Letter from Robert Vernon Smith
Scope & Content:
Thanks Lord Canning for his letter from Point de Galle. There are very bad reports of Lord Dalhousie's health. Prospects of peace. The writer has recommended Rawlinson as Director in place of Pollock, and Sir George Clerk in place of Redington, both independent unruly men. Awaits news of Calcutt...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Mar 1856
Extent:
1 item

544. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/4/7

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/4/7
Title:
No. 7: Letter from Robert Vernon Smith
Scope & Content:
Comments on a Minute of Lord Dalhousie on the whole of his eight years administration. Awaits the opinion of the Law officers on the powers of the Legislative Council. Remarks on a quarrel between Mr [Frederick] Halliday and the officers of Government. Canning's account of the diminution of the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Apr 1856
Extent:
1 item

545. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/4/8

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/4/8
Title:
No. 8: Letter from Robert Vernon Smith
Scope & Content:
Sorry to hear Lord Canning thinks the cost of Government must be increased. Approves of the plan of sending Mr Ricketts on a Commission. Believes Indian salaries are too high. Comments on negotiations over Persia at Constantinople. Is glad Oudh has gone well; the Treaty of 1837 is awkward. The L...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 May 1856
Extent:
1 item

546. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/4/17

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/4/17
Title:
No. 17: Letter from Robert Vernon Smith
Scope & Content:
States that it has been resolved to order the expedition to the Persian Gulf to start and to occupy Karrack and Bushire, with comments. Shiraz would be difficult to supply. Dost Mahomed should be encouraged to attack the Shah. Sir George Clerk thinks that 9,000 or 10,000 men would not be half en...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Sep 1856
Extent:
1 item

547. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/4/19

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/4/19
Title:
No. 19: Letter from Robert Vernon Smith
Scope & Content:
Glad to hear that the Persian Expedition will be ready at the beginning of Oct. Discusses plans. Palmerston has become quite eager about the war. The Oudh family is quiet, and the Court want to give them the whole 12 lacs in perpetuity. He hoped rather than expected India to do without a Loan. E...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Oct 1856
Extent:
1 item

548. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/4/22

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/4/22
Title:
No. 22: Letter from Robert Vernon Smith
Scope & Content:
Writes that Herat has fallen to the Persians; a force is to be sent to Shuster. The Cabinet cannot understand why Canning so decreased the originally proposed force. Imagines the Persians will not be able to hold Herat long without Russian interference, particularly if further aid is given by th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Dec 1856
Extent:
1 item

549. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/4/23

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/4/23
Title:
No. 23: Letter from Robert Vernon Smith
Scope & Content:
Does not think the step of taking Mohummerah and going to Shuster will enfeeble the Indian Army more than Canning would like, but he has shown Canning's letter about the necessity of drafts if the Expedition goes inland, to Palmerston, Clarendon and Panmure. Agrees that Anson should command any ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Dec 1856
Extent:
1 item

550. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/4/34

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/4/34
Title:
No. 34: Letter from Robert Vernon Smith
Scope & Content:
Reports the arrival of the Bombay Mail with no word from Canning, but a telegraph through Lord Elphinstone that the after packet of 4 May failed to reach the mail steamer in time. Has a telegram from Agra to Bombay announcing an open mutiny of the 3rd Bengal Cavalry at Meerut. This did not reach...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jun 1857
Extent:
2 items