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591. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/4/41

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/4/41
Title:
No. 39: Letter from Robert Vernon Smith
Scope & Content:
Writes that the letter of 9 Aug has been more alarming than any previous one. Hopes the addition of Generals will be satisfactory. Explains why troops were not sent via Suez; comments on reinforcements. Comments on the loan in India. Palmerston wishes Canning to ask Elgin and Ashburnham if India...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Sep 1857
Extent:

1 item

592. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/4/42

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/4/42
Title:
No. 40: Letter from Robert Vernon Smith
Scope & Content:
Comments on the news. Asks why there are not steam or gun-boats for the Ganges. Asks for an explanation of the inconsistency of refusing Nepalese aid one week, and accepting it the next week. The writer considers the Nepalese a useless force at present, and a potential danger. There is great dif...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Oct 1857
Extent:

2 items

593. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/4/50

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/4/50
Title:
No. 46: Letter from Robert Vernon Smith
Scope & Content:
Rejoices in the news of the relief of Lucknow. He has seen Captain Lowe, and heard his account of Delhi. Wilson is a Bart. and others CBs and KCBs. Has not yet received from the Court of Directors Canning's comments on the petition for his recall. The next session will see a Bill for the better ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Dec 1857
Extent:

3 items

594. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/6/31

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/6/31
Title:
79. Letter from Gerald Chetwynd Talbot, Private Secretary to Lord Stanley
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Sends by request of Lord Stanley an enclosed paper for Lord Canning. Lord Stanley has influenza. Wishes Lord and Lady Canning a Happy New Year, and recalls his last round the billiard table at Calcutta. Mr Higgins, Lord Stanley's Private Secretary at the Colonial Office, asks for a staff appoint...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Dec 1858
Extent:
2 items

595. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/6/46

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/6/46
Title:
92a. Letter from Gerald Chetwynd Talbot, Private Secretary to Lord Stanley
Scope & Content:
Writes with Lord Stanley's knowledge to tell Lord Canning that there have been great complaints because the new European Cavalry in India are not yet equipped and at work. Lord Stanley is at the opening of Parliament; many think there will be a debate on the Address. Mr Joseph Arnould has been a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Feb 1859
Extent:
1 item

596. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/11

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/11
Title:
Letters from Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere, Member of Council in India
Scope & Content:
Letters from Sir Henry Bartle Frere, numbered 1-78 with index and summaries. There is no item 56 in either index or summaries. List of letters transcribed from index: 1. 16 Sep 1859. 'His appointment to the Governor General's Council'. 2. 1 Dec 1859. 'Time of departure for Calcutta'. 3. 1 M...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Sep 1859-31 Dec 1860
Extent:
1 volume (96 items, including enclosures)

597. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/12

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/12
Title:
Letters from Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere, Member of Council in India
Scope & Content:
Letters from Sir Henry Bartle Frere, numbered 1-95 with index and summaries. List of letters transcribed from index: 1. 1 Jan 1861. 'Mr Erskine on Executive and Legislative Councils - he would have regular Sessions and recesses and change the seats of the Government'. Includes enclosure: Copy ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1861-11 Mar 1862
Extent:
1 volume (122 items, including enclosures)

598. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/1

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/1
Title:
Letters from and to Queen Victoria
Scope & Content:
Six letters from Queen Victoria to Charles Canning, Aug 1856 - Sep 1861, with copies of twelve replies from Charles Canning to Queen Victoria, Jul 1856 - Dec 1861. Also three letters to Lord de Tabley, written on behalf of Queen Victoria, Aug 1862 - Mar 1863 regarding possible return of her lett...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Aug 1856-24 Mar 1863
Extent:
1 volume (21 items)

599. Mss Eur F699/1/1/2/8

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/2/8
Title:
Extra Set: Copy Letters to the Secretary of State Lord Stanley
Scope & Content:
Copy letters from Governor General Charles Canning to Lord Stanley. Extra set of copies of letters from previous volume Mss Eur F699/1/1/2/7. Numbered 111-196, & 199 with index.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jul 1858-25 Jul 1859
Extent:
1 volume (87 items)

600. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/4/51

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/4/51
Title:
No. 46a: Extract of letter from Lord Palmerston to Robert Vernon Smith
Scope & Content:
Asks Vernon Smith to tell Canning that he has heard that a geography book intended for a school in Bengal was objected to by a Hindu, because the geographic theory therein was opposed to the Hindu religion, and thereupon the book was withdrawn by order of Government. This is too absurd to be tru...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Jan 1858
Extent:

1 item