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Mss Eur D625

Record Id:: 032-002273177
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:: 032-002273177
MDARK:: ark:/81055/vdc_100000002032.0x000228
LARK:
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Format:: ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur D625
Title:: Papers of Sir William Merewether, Bombay Army 1841, Council of India 1877-80
Scope & Content:: Letters and papers of Col Sir William Lockyer Merewether (1825-80), Bombay Army 1841, Member of Council of India 1877-80, chiefly relating to the Indian Army and to the 2nd Afghan War.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Project / Collection:: India Office Private Papers
Hierarchy Tree:: [{ "id" : "032-002273177", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Mss Eur D625: Papers of Sir William Merewether, Bombay Army 1841, Council of India 1877-80" },{ "id" : "036-002273178", "parent" : "032-002273177", "text" : "Mss Eur D625/1-2: Letters to Sir William Merewether" },{ "id" : "040-002273179", "parent" : "036-002273178", "text" : "Mss Eur D625/1: Letters from Lt.-Col E.C. Ross with enclosures of extracts from letters on the military and political services of Lt.-Col. E.C. Ross" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273180", "parent" : "036-002273178", "text" : "Mss Eur D625/2: Letters from the following persons: Frederick Adams, Sir Neville Chamberlain, Thomas Fox, Charles W. Godfrey, Abraham Goodall, Robert…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002273181", "parent" : "032-002273177", "text" : "Mss Eur D625/3-10: Sir William Merewether, Bombay Army 1841, Council of India 1877-80: printed papers" },{ "id" : "040-002273182", "parent" : "036-002273181", "text" : "Mss Eur D625/3: Three memoranda on the Indian Army, by Lt.-Gen. Charles Reid." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-002273183", "parent" : "040-002273182", "text" : "Mss Eur D625/3/1: a. Memorandum on Goorkah Force, Colony question etc. laid before Sir Charles Wood." },{ "id" : "041-002273184", "parent" : "040-002273182", "text" : "Mss Eur D625/3/2: b. Memorandum: inefficient state of the Native Army and difficulty in recruiting" },{ "id" : "041-002273185", "parent" : "040-002273182", "text" : "Mss Eur D625/3/3: c. Memorandum: inefficient state of the Native Army, laid before H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge" },{ "id" : "040-002273186", "parent" : "036-002273181", "text" : "Mss Eur D625/4: Copy of recent correspondence on the subject of the organisation of the Native Army [c1698]" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273187", "parent" : "036-002273181", "text" : "Mss Eur D625/5: Military despatch to India (No. 205 of 1880) on the difficulty in recruiting for the Indian Army." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273188", "parent" : "036-002273181", "text" : "Mss Eur D625/6: Letter from Francis W. Fox dated 2 Jul 1880 enclosing prospectus issued by the Punjab Association for the reclamation, irrigation and…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273189", "parent" : "036-002273181", "text" : "Mss Eur D625/7: The Civil engineering profession in India, by Lt. General J.G. Fife, R.E." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273190", "parent" : "036-002273181", "text" : "Mss Eur D625/8: Selections from correspondence with the Government of India on the subject of Mance's heliograph or sun telegraph. Commencing Oct 1869…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273191", "parent" : "036-002273181", "text" : "Mss Eur D625/9: Report of the Indian Famine Commission, Part 1: famine relief (with maps) [c. 2591]" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273192", "parent" : "036-002273181", "text" : "Mss Eur D625/10: Two newspaper cuttings on Experimental farming in India and the Kathiawar State Railway. -" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002273193", "parent" : "032-002273177", "text" : "Mss Eur D625/11-15: Sir William Merewether, Bombay Army 1841, Council of India 1877-80: papers on the Second Afghan War" },{ "id" : "040-002273194", "parent" : "036-002273193", "text" : "Mss Eur D625/11: Kabul family roll - brief history of the living descendants of Payinda Khan and Dost Mohamed, by Lt.-Col Owen Tudor Burne (Secretary,…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273195", "parent" : "036-002273193", "text" : "Mss Eur D625/12: Memorandum on the future strategy in the Afghan War, by Maj.-Gen. Thomas Fourness Wilson" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273196", "parent" : "036-002273193", "text" : "Mss Eur D625/13: Note on the position of affairs in Afghanistan, by Sir William Merewether 24 Jul 1880 and 2 Aug 1880" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273197", "parent" : "036-002273193", "text" : "Mss Eur D625/14: Abstracts from Russian newspapers on the Afghan War, prepared by Robert Mitchell (Russian interpreter to the Political and Secret…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273198", "parent" : "036-002273193", "text" : "Mss Eur D625/15: Newspaper cuttings on the Second Afghan War." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002273199", "parent" : "032-002273177", "text" : "Mss Eur D625/16-18: Sir William Merewether, Bombay Army 1841, Council of India 1877-80: miscellaneous papers" },{ "id" : "040-002273200", "parent" : "036-002273199", "text" : "Mss Eur D625/16: Miscellaneous notes made by Sir William Merewether" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273201", "parent" : "036-002273199", "text" : "Mss Eur D625/17: Sir William Merewether's notebook Dated as: 23 Mar 1873-1879" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273202", "parent" : "036-002273199", "text" : "Mss Eur D625/18: Gutch's literary and scientific register and almanac cheque book" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
Hierarchy Record Ids:: 032-002273177
Is part of:: not applicable
Contains:: Mss Eur D625/1-2 : Letters to Sir William Merewether
Mss Eur D625/3-10 : Sir William Merewether, Bombay Army 1841, Council of India 1877-80: printed papers
Mss Eur D625/11-15 : Sir William Merewether, Bombay Army 1841, Council of India 1877-80: papers on the Second Afghan War
Mss Eur D625/16-18 : Sir William Merewether, Bombay Army 1841, Council of India 1877-80: miscellaneous papers

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Record Type (Level):: Fonds
Extent:: 18 items
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Languages:: English
Scripts:: Latin
Start Date:: 1861
End Date:: 1880
Date Range:: 1861-1880
Era:: CE
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Source of Acquisition:: Transferred from the Official Records, 25 November 1963
Material Type:: Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:: Not Public Record(s)
Names:: Indian Army, 1895-1947
Merewether, William Lockyer, Knight, army officer and administrator in India, 1825-1880
Places:: Canal Colonies, Punjab
Related Archive Descriptions:: Mss Eur F126/3