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BROADFOOT PAPERS. Vol. III (ff. 198). Papers relating to the Punjaub (1843-1845) and the First Sikh War (1845- 1846). Included are :-

1. Copies of official reports, etc. (1843-1845) concerning the Rajas of Jammu. f. 1.

2. Copies and abstracts of Major George Broadfoot's official correspondence as Political Agent to the Governor-General for the North-West Provinces ; 1845. f. 28.

3. "An Episode of the First Sikh War, 1845": a memoir of Major George Broadfoot, C.B., written in 1887 by Major-General Saunders Alexius Abbott, of the Bengal Army. Signed. f. 81.

4. Copy of a memoir (1887) of Major G. Broadfoot, C.B., by Robert Needham Cust, who was his assistant. in 1845, with holograph remarks thereon by Major-General S. A. Abbott (f. 115) and (f. 122) by Charles Stewart Hardinge, 2nd Viscount Hardinge. f. 101.

5. Plan of the battle of Mudki, 18 Dec. 1845. f. 125.

6. Copies and extracts of letters (1845-1848) from R. N. Cust and others, describing events in the campaign of 1845-1846. f. 126.

7. Correspondence (1887, 1891) of Major William. Broadfoot, R.E., -with General Sir Frederick Paul Haines, G.C.B., etc., together with W. Broadfoot's memorandum (f. 153) of his discussion with Sir Frederick relating to the First Sikh War, containing notes by Sir F. Haines;. f. 152.

8. Correspondence (1890, 1891) of Major William Broadfoot, R.E., with Charles Stewart Hardinge, 2nd Viscount Hardinge, relating to the First Sikh War. f. 163.

Major William Broadfoot, RE: Notes and memoranda by: 1885-1921.

India: Correspondence and papers of Maj. G. Broadfoot, Madras Army: 1838-1845.

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ff. 1-177 b India: Papers and maps rel. to Punjab affairs and the First Sikh War: 1834-1848.
ff. 1-20 Sir George Russell Clerk, Governor of Bombay; GCSI: Memoranda on the Jammu Rajas: 1843.: Copies.
ff. 1-20, 43 Rajas of Jammu; family: Memoranda conc.: 1843-1845.: Copies.
f. 24 Sir Frederick Currie, 1st Baronet: Letter to Col. A. T. Richmond: 1844.: Copy.
ff. 27-42, 52, 60 Major George Broadfoot, CB; Agent on NW Frontier to Governor-General of India: Correspondence of: 1838-1845.: Partly copies.
ff. 34, 41, 60 Sir Frederick Currie, 1st Baronet: Correspondence with Maj. G. Broadfoot: 1844-1845.
f. 43 William Edwards, Foreign Under-Secretary to the Government of India: Report on rejected negotiations witli Gulab Singh: 1845.: Copy.
f. 52 (copy) William Edwards, Foreign Under-Secretary to the Government of India: Letters and despatch to Maj. G. Broadfoot: 1845.
ff. 59, 130, 136, 137, 139 Henry Yule, geographer; KCSI 1889: Notes by: 1887.
f. 81 Major-General Saunders Alexius Abbott, Bengal Army: Memoir of Maj. G. Broadfoot: 1887.: Signed.
ff. 81, 101 Major George Broadfoot, CB; Agent on NW Frontier to Governor-General of India: Memoirs conc.: 1887.
ff. 81-177 b Army; England: Papers and maps rel. to First Sikh War: 1845-1846.
ff. 81-177 b Victoria of England: Papers and maps rel. to First Sikh War: 1845-1846.
ff. 94, 108 Major George Broadfoot, CB; Agent on NW Frontier to Governor-General of India: Accounts of his death.: 1845.
f. 101 Robert Needham Cust, Foreign Under-Secretary to the Government of India 1846: Memoir of Maj. G. Broadfoot: 1887.: Copy.
ff. 113, 176 Major William Broadfoot, RE: Correspondence with R. N. Cust: 1887, 1891.
ff. 113, 176 Robert Needham Cust, Foreign Under-Secretary to the Government of India 1846: Correspondence with Maj. W. Broadfoot: 1887, 1891.
ff. 115-121 Major-General Saunders Alexius Abbott, Bengal Army: Remarks on R. N. Cust's memoir of Maj. G. Broadfoot: 1887.
f. 122 Charles Stewart Hardinge, 2nd Viscount Hardinge: Remarks on R. N. Cust's memoir of Maj. G. Broadfoot: 1887.
f. 125 Major William Broadfoot, RE: Maps, etc., sketched or traced by: 1885, 1887.
f. 125 Maps and Plans: Plan (1887) of the Battle of Mudki: 1845.
f. 125 Mudki: Plan of battle (1845): 1887.
ff. 126-128 b Robert Needham Cust, Foreign Under-Secretary to the Government of India 1846: Letters to his father Rev. H. C. Cust: 1845-1846.: Extracts.
f. 129 (copy) Sir Frederick Currie, 1st Baronet: Letters to Lord Ellenborough: 1844, 1846.
f. 130 Charles Stewart Hardinge, 2nd Viscount Hardinge: Memoranda, etc., by: 1845, 1887.
ff. 134, 140 Major-General Sir Henry Marion Durand, KCSI: Letters to Lord Ellenborough: 1843, 1846.
f. 144 Major Frederick Abbott, Knight 1854; Major -General 1858: Letter to -Wood: 1848: Typewritten copy, 1892.
ff. 152-161 b Colonel Frederick Paul Haines, GCB 1877; Field-Marshal 1890: Letters, etc., to Maj. W. Broadfoot: 1887, 1891.
ff. 163, 167,172 Charles Stewart Hardinge, 2nd Viscount Hardinge: Letters to Maj. W. Broadfoot: 1890-1891.
f. 178 Major William Broadfoot, RE: Letter to T. Prinsep: 1887.

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Add MS 40129 : BROADFOOT PAPERS. Vol. III (ff. 198). Papers relating to the Punjaub (1843-1845) and the First Sikh War (1845- 1846). Included are :-…

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Abbott, Frederick, Knight, army officer in the East India Company, 1805-1892
Abbott, Saunders Alexius, army officer in the East India Company, 1811-1894
Army of England
Broadfoot, George, Major CB, Agent on NW Frontier to Governor-General of India
Broadfoot, William, Major; RE
Clerk, George Russell, Knight, administrator in India, 1800-1889
Currie, Frederick, 1st Baronet, diplomat, 1799-1875
Cust, Robert Needham, Foreign Under-Secretary to the Government of India 1846
Durand, Henry Marion, Knight, army officer, 1812-1871
Edwards, William, Foreign Under-Secretary to the Government of India
Haines, Frederick Paul, Knight, army officer, 1819-1909
Hardinge, Charles Stewart, 2nd Viscount Hardinge
Jammu, family
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, 1819-1901,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121443562
Yule, Henry, Knight, Orientalist, 1820-1889

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India, Asia
Mudki, Punjab