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1. Mss Eur F231/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/5
Title:
Scope & Content:
Vol V.' Letters to and from Lord Canning, Lord Harris and Lord Elphinstone
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Apr 1857-10 Oct 1857
Extent:
Unspecified

2. Mss Eur F231/5, p88

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/5, p88
Title:
Letter from Canning to Vernon Smith
Scope & Content:
Re-organisation of Native Army following suppression of mutiny will require someone with experience of sepoys, and Canning therefore proposes that Grant's acting appointment as C-in-C be made permanent, or at least that he should remain in acting appointment for some time.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jun 1857
Extent:
1 item

3. Mss Eur F231/5, p109

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/5, p109
Title:
Letter from Canning to Vernon Smith
Scope & Content:
Another regiment of dragoons needed, because Irregular Cavalry have proved as faithless as sepoys; though regiment of East Indian Dragoons could be raised its value would be 'very problematical'; is pleased with Grant (acting C-in-C) who arrived three days ago and Canning with him; believes war w...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jun 1857
Extent:
1 item

4. Mss Eur F231/5, p1

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/5, p1
Title:
Letter from Canning to Vernon Smith
Scope & Content:
Persian campaign delayed by lack of steam transport; Maharaja of Kashmir has had paralytic stroke – Canning will not interfere if there are disturbances 'although it would make a pretty-sounding addition to our Provinces'; expedition against Waziris has had to be postponed; comments on Jackson; L...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Apr 1857
Extent:
1 item

5. Mss Eur F231/5, p45

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/5, p45
Title:
Letter from Canning to Vernon Smith
Scope & Content:
Previous letter missed mail [and is missing]; disbandment of 34th N.I. passed off peacefully and Barrackpore continues to be submissive and orderly; briefly describes outbreak of mutiny at Meerut; situation at Delhi; full details not yet available from either place; European troops and Irregulars...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 May 1857
Extent:
1 item

6. Mss Eur F231/5, p187

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/5, p187
Title:
Letter from Canning to Vernon Smith
Scope & Content:
Indian financial situation, in context of losses and military expenditure caused by rebellion; forced to abandon all public works for present, except for real necessities of military and civil establishments, involving large waste of effort and previous investment in unfinished works; impossible ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jul 1857
Extent:
1 item

7. Mss Eur F231/5, p4

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/5, p4
Title:
Letter from Canning to Vernon Smith
Scope & Content:
Disbandment of 19th N.I; 2nd Grenadiers shows signs of repentance, but describes further disturbances in 34th N.I; conduct of Colonels of 19th and 34th is under scrutiny; Lt-Col S G Wheler of 34th a religious zealot and if his regiment's disaffection proves traceable to his indiscretion he may ha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Apr 1857
Extent:
1 item

8. Mss Eur F231/5, p52

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/5, p52
Title:
Letter from Canning to Vernon Smith
Scope & Content:
In case report in Bengal Hurkaru and similar statements in private letters home should alarm Vernon Smith, Canning castigates 'old women some of them with swords by their sides' who are spreading alarm and despondency at Calcutta and make Canning 'ashamed for Englishmen'; no cause for fearing tro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 May 1857
Extent:
1 item

9. Mss Eur F231/5, p154

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/5, p154
Title:
Letter from Canning to Vernon Smith
Scope & Content:
Situation at Delhi; protracted delay in taking it 'lamentable in its effects'; Anson should not have waited for siege train; problems of carriage and commissariat have also caused delay; failure of army staff, especially medical staff, to appreciate need for speed; wishes Sir John Lawrence was ne...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Jun 1857
Extent:
1 item

10. Mss Eur F231/5, p247

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/5, p247
Title:
Letter from Vernon Smith to Canning
Scope & Content:
Comments on Havelock; chief value of honours for him and others was their speedy announcement and Vernon Smith therefore overcame some opposition to granting them; asks for information to deal with criticisms of failure to provide steam or gun boats on Ganges, and inconsistency in first refusing ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Oct 1857
Extent:
1 item

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