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51. Mss Eur F213/25, p87

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Mss Eur F213/25, p87
Title:
Letter from Dalhousie to Hobhouse
Scope & Content:
Believes Napier may make 'violent and offensive reply' to his minute; as latter has resigned, hopes Hobhouse will not seek to coax him to serve 'apparently the Government, while in truth he dogs and obstructs it'; asks Hobhouse to check Napier's statement that 1000 cubic feet of air per man, woma...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jun 1850
Extent:
1 item

52. Mss Eur F213/25, p169

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Mss Eur F213/25, p169
Title:
Letter from Dalhousie to Hobhouse
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Hobhouse's letter of 7 September; Napier is refusing to repay Sind prize money overpaid to him and threatening to go to law, but Dalhousie will take it out of his pay if necessary; Afridis have made submission this time apparently in good earnest; though they cannot be trusted, submi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Oct 1850
Extent:
1 item

53. Mss Eur F213/25, p176

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F213/25, p176
Title:
Letter from Dalhousie to Hobhouse
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Hobhouse's letter of 22 September; has little to say; Dalhousie's aim in proposing Gilbert as C-in-C, Bombay was to keep him out of Council [i.e. as Military member of Supreme Council] 'where he will be of no use to anybody'; Grey's appointment would be regarded by army in India wher...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Nov 1850
Extent:
1 item

54. Mss Eur F213/25, p200

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F213/25, p200
Title:
Letter from Dalhousie to Hobhouse
Scope & Content:
Still detained at Wazirabad by heavy (but auspicious) rains; describes meeting with Ghulab Singh and believes he has established good relations with him; Napier; tone of Sir W Gomm (new C-in-C, India) is most friendly and Dalhousie hopes for smooth relations; bombshell of Duleep Singh's declarati...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jan 1851
Extent:
1 item

55. Mss Eur F213/25, p210

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F213/25, p210
Title:
Letter from Dalhousie to Hobhouse
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Hobhouse's letters of 24 November and 7 [sc 6] December; will facilitate Mackay's cotton enquiries which may do good – hopes Mackay has virtue of meekness 'for if he comes here with an air of authority or inquisition I shall snub him forthwith'; Falkland has appointed Frere as Commis...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jan 1851
Extent:
1 item

56. Mss Eur F213/25, p220

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F213/25, p220
Title:
Letter from Dalhousie to Hobhouse
Scope & Content:
From Camp, near Kalabagh Salt Range; in consultation with local officers intends to settle conclusively frontier arrangements from Kohat to Sind; his journey has resulted in construction of a road which will enable guns to be moved up from Rawalpindi in support of troops; complains of having to a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Feb 1851
Extent:
1 item

57. Mss Eur F213/25, p225

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F213/25, p225
Title:
Letter from Dalhousie to Hobhouse
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Hobhouse's letters of 23 December and 4 January; because of Indian habit of writing to newspapers, and increasing attention given by English press to 'each flying rumour' in Indian papers, he reports all frontier disturbances, however minor, to reassure Hobhouse that he is not suppre...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Feb 1851
Extent:
1 item

58. Mss Eur F213/25, p255

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Mss Eur F213/25, p255
Title:
Letter from Dalhousie to Hobhouse
Scope & Content:
From Attock. Acknowledges Hobhouse's letters of 24 January and 7 February; Bethune has said nothing to him about wanting to abolish polygamy; financial position may turn out better; he is intending to propose large military reductions; report that he has refused accommodation in Government House ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Mar 1851
Extent:
1 item

59. Mss Eur F213/25, p276

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F213/25, p276
Title:
Letter from Dalhousie to Broughton
Scope & Content:
From Simla. Acknowledges Broughton's letter of 7 April; contemplated attack on Mohmands appears too risky; generally, despite more frequent tribal raids, recent experience shows that tribes are 'formidable only in their Hills, where we do not want to follow them'; all quiet elsewhere; brief comm...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 May 1851
Extent:
1 item

60. Mss Eur F213/25, p284

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F213/25, p284
Title:
Letter from Dalhousie to Broughton
Scope & Content:
Deprecates grant of Punjab medal to civilian; recommends John Lawrence for CB.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jun 1851
Extent:
1 item

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