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LETTERS (42) of Lieut.-Gen. Sir James Outram, 1st Bart., to the Rev. [George Percy] Badger, D.C.L., and one (f. 96) on Badger's behalf to Sir C. Wood, Secretary of State for India; with eight letters (ff. 62, 81-87, 90, 92, 105, 108) to Badger from Lady Outram and one letter (f. 110) from Sir F. B. Outram, 2nd Bart., announcing his father's death. Before 8 Aug. 1854 (f. 8 b)-12 Mar. 1863. Badger, who bad been British chaplain at Aden when Outram was Agent there in 1854, was appointed by him staff chaplain and interpreter to the Persian expedition in Nov. 1856. He returned to England in 1861, and in October accompanied Outram on a visit to Egypt. The MSS. were apparently used by Maj.-Gen. Sir F. J. Goldsmid in his James Outram, a biography, 1880, and Badger's "Notes on Outram," presumably in MS., are quoted by Capt. L. J. Trotter in The Bayard of India, 1903. On f. 103 there is a pencil note, presumably in Badger's hand. On f. 36 there is a letter (6 June, 1857) from Sir E. Lugard, and Outram's letters enclose copies etc., of correspondence with Earl Canning, Governor-General of India, Lord Elphinstone, Governor of Madras and Bombay, and others. One letter of Outram, dated Cawnpore, 17 Sept. 1857 (f. 46), refers to the relief of Lucknow. Paper; ff. 111. Quarto. XIX cent. The old binding of black morocco was stamped with the words "In Memoriam" and "yours affectionately, J. Outram."