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571. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/3/12

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/3/12
Title:
No. 12: Letter from Colonel William H. Sykes
Scope & Content:
States that the Court and Board have decided to give an additional Captain and Lieutenant to each Regiment in all three Presidencies. The Board would not consent to an expenditure of 6 lacs for additional machinery for the Calcutta Mint, they have only sanctioned the purchase of 350 tons of blan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Sep 1856
Extent:
2 items

572. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/3/13

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/3/13
Title:
No. 13: Letter from Colonel William H. Sykes
Scope & Content:
Remarks that as General Low is about to return to India it is unnecessary to make provision for the winding up of Mr Ricketts' labours. Comments on Ricketts' salary proposals. He thinks there should always be a military Member in the Council besides the Commander in Chief. Agrees with the Govern...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Sep 1856
Extent:
1 item

573. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/3/17

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/3/17
Title:
No. 17: Letter from Colonel William H. Sykes
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Agrees with Canning that 52 lacs is an enormous initial expenditure for the Persian War; but from the report of Mr Stevens, that the Persian Government have resolved to incorporate Herat with their dominions at any cost, this is only the beginning of expenditure. Comments on General Outram's app...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Nov 1856
Extent:
1 item

574. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/3/23

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/3/23
Title:
No. 23: Letter from Colonel William H. Sykes
Scope & Content:
Comments on the inefficiency of Sir Henry Leeke at Bushire, he will be questioned about the state of the Dockyard and Marine Store Department at Bombay, a Commission of Inquiry may be necessary. The Board refuse to allow a steamer for the pilots. Agrees with the Governor General that besides the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Feb 1857
Extent:
2 items

575. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/3/25

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/3/25
Title:
No. 25: Letter from Colonel William H. Sykes
Scope & Content:
Writes that he is contesting the seat at Aberdeen, and so is very busy. Writes about the Governor General's declaration of war against Persia in 1856; and about the present Treaty. Hopes that peace will relieve the Governor General of anxiety about troops from England, and that the troops alread...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Mar 1857
Extent:
1 item

576. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/3/28

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/3/28
Title:
No. 27: Letter from Colonel William H. Sykes
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He is greatly alarmed at the news of the blunder which has occasioned the mutinous conduct of the sepoys; an event like this is just the spark to cause the catastrophe feared by Lord Metcalfe. The natives are much agitated by such proceedings as the abolition of suttee and the remarriage of Hind...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Apr 1857
Extent:
1 item

577. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/3/30

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/3/30
Title:
No. 28a: Letter from Colonel William H. Sykes
Scope & Content:
Refers to his previous letter on the Mutiny and urges the necessity of extreme caution in missionary proceedings. Explains the delay in the Medical Reform Despatch. Hopes to select two suitable ships for India. Reports the unsuccessful opposition made by Captain Shepherd to the Bombay Dockyard D...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 May 1857
Extent:
1 item

578. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/3/34

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/3/34
Title:
No. 31a: Letter from Colonel William H. Sykes
Scope & Content:
[Letter is marked 26/6/57, but corrected in pencil to 26/5/57]. States that there has been much discussion in the House of Commons and the public journals about a comprehensive system of Police for India, hopes the difficulties may be solved. The Madras screw pile pier has passed the Court and t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 May 1857
Extent:
1 item

579. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/3/42

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/3/42
Title:
No. 36a: Letter from Colonel William H. Sykes
Scope & Content:
Refers to his previous letter of 25 Apr in which he predicted resistance and blood-shed if the use of greased cartridges was forced upon high caste men. Ascribes the mutiny at Meerut to the remissness of Colonel Smythe, and the order of General Anson condemning 85 troopers to 10 years imprisonme...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Aug 1857
Extent:

1 item

580. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/3/46

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/3/46
Title:
No. 39a: Letter from Colonel William H. Sykes
Scope & Content:
Writes from Prussia, where he has taken his wife to consult a famous oculist. Congratulates Lord Canning on his instructions to the Civil and Military authorities about the punishment of mutineers. Attributes the cause of the Mutiny to the fact that the troopers at Meerut were condemned to ten y...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Oct 1857
Extent:

1 item