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1. Mss Eur F470

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Mss Eur F470
Title:
Papers of John Russell Colvin (1807-57)
Scope & Content:
Papers of John Russell Colvin (1807-57), Bengal Civil Service 1826-57, Private Secretary to the Governor-General Lord Auckland 1836-42, Lt-Governor of North Western Provinces 1853-57; also a few papers of or relating to other members of the Colvin family
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1825-1857
Extent:
12 items

2. Mss Eur F470/5

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Mss Eur F470/5
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Scope & Content:
Newscuttings, mainly relating to Colvin s proclamation Dated as: 15 May 1 Jun 1857
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 May 1857-1 Jun 1857
Extent:
Unspecified

3. Mss Eur F470/4

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Mss Eur F470/4
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Scope & Content:
Correspondence by letter and telegram between Colvin and Governor-General Lord Canning, including papers relating to Colvin s proclamation of 25 May offering amnesty to rebel soldiers willing to give up arms and return home
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1856-1857
Extent:
Unspecified

4. Mss Eur F470/12

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Mss Eur F470/12
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Scope & Content:
Notes on Colvin family history and genealogies, including brief service history of J R Colvin
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1876-1943
Extent:
Unspecified

5. Mss Eur F470/6

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Mss Eur F470/6
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Scope & Content:
Various correspondence during rebellion including letters from Colvin and Governor General to C-in-C (30-31 May, 31 Jul ?); letters from Colvin to G.O.C, Cawnpore (9 Jun) and Lord Dalhousie (25 Aug); memorandum of cavalry despatched towards Delhi (22 Jun); letters from Lt W W H Greathed at siege ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 May-2 Sep 1857
Extent:
Unspecified

6. Mss Eur F470/3

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Mss Eur F470/3
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Scope & Content:
Miscellaneous letters to Colvin from Lord Bentinck [? pre-1828], John Stuart Mill [c1842-43], Lord Macaulay (1843), and Lord Dalhousie (1853)
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1828-1853
Extent:
Unspecified

7. Mss Eur F470/1

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Mss Eur F470/1
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Scope & Content:
Letter from Governor-General Lord Auckland to Colvin on latter s appointment as his Private Secretary (Mar 1836); six letters from Auckland to Colvin commenting retrospectively on his Governor-Generalship Dated as: 1836; 1842-43
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1836-1843
Extent:
Unspecified

8. Mss Eur F470/8

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Mss Eur F470/8
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Scope & Content:
Letter from Mary Glover to her sister giving news from Agra Fort, with later ms and transcripts
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Oct 1857
Extent:
Unspecified

9. Mss Eur F470/2

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Mss Eur F470/2
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Scope & Content:
Two letters from Colvin, as Private Secretary to Lord Auckland, on policy towards Ranjit Singh, Afghanistan and Persia; notes by Alexander Burnes on policy towards Afghanistan (Jul 1838)
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1838-1839
Extent:
Unspecified

10. Mss Eur F470/10

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Mss Eur F470/10
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Scope & Content:
Account of visit by Sir Louis Mallet, Permanent Under-Secretary of State for India, to India, almost certainly by Clement S Colvin, an India Office official then serving as Mallet s private secretary
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1875-1876
Extent:
Unspecified