1. Mss Eur C930
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur C930
- Title:
- Three letters, dated 1857, received by Maj-Gen (later Sir) John Bennet Hearsey (1793-1865), Bengal Army 1807, Divisional Commander at Barrackpore 1857, from Maj-Gen Sir Hugh Massy Wheeler, Divisional Commander at Cawnpore (22 Mar), Lord Canning (30 Mar), and Col (later Sir) Richard Birch, Secretary, Military Dept, Government of India (20 May), on Hearsey's disbandment of 19th Native Infantry, state of feeling at Cawnpore, Wheeler's recent ill health, and whether blank cartridges should be iss...
- Scope & Content:
- Three letters, dated 1857, received by Maj-Gen (later Sir) John Bennet Hearsey (1793-1865), Bengal Army 1807, Divisional Commander at Barrackpore 1857, from Maj-Gen Sir Hugh Massy Wheeler, Divisional Commander at Cawnpore (22 Mar), Lord Canning (30 Mar), and Col (later Sir) Richard Birch, Secreta...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1857
- Extent:
- 2 folios