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- Record Id:
- 040-002104006
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002103959
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- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x000185
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RAWLINSON PAPERS. Vol. XLIV (ff. i + 143). Letters relating to the First Afghan War addressed to Rawlinson, as Political Agent at Kandahar, from:-
(1) Sir William Hay Macnaghten, Bart., Envoy at Kabul; almost daily, 30 July-1 Nov. 1841. Macnaghten's last letter, dated 3 Nov. 1841, was removed before the papers came to the Department. A copy is at f. 122. ff. 1-111.
(2) Major-General William Nott (G.C.B. 1842), military commander at Kandahar; 30 Sept. 1840-16 Nov. 1841. ff. 112-125.
(3) Major James Outram (Lt.-Gen. 1858; 1st Bart. 1858), Political Agent in Sind; 17 Sept. 1840-24 Feb. 1841. ff. 126-143. Extracts from letters at ff. 9-12b, 56-57b, 92-93 are printed in J. W. Kaye, History of the War in Afghanistan, 4th ed., 1890, ii, pp. 125-128, 155-156, and from those at ff. 99-100b, 110-111b, 122-123 in G. Rawlinson, A Memoir of Major-General Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, 1898, pp. 82-85.
India: Correspondence of Sir H. C. Rawlinson as Political Agent at Kandahar: 1840-1841.
Afghanistan: Correspondence of Sir H. C. Rawlinson as Political Agent at Kandahar: 1840-1841.
includes:
- ff. 1-111, 122 (copy) William Hay Macnaghten, Baronet 1840 Secretary to the Government of India: Letters to Sir H. C. Rawlinson: 1841.
- ff. 112-125 Major-General Sir William Nott, GCB: Letters to Sir H. C. Rawlinson: 1840-1841.
- f. 121 John Peter Ripley: Letter to Maj.-Gen. W. Nott: 1841.
- ff. 126-143 Lieutenant-General Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet: Letters to Sir H. C. Rawlinson: 1840-1841.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002103959
040-002104006 - Is part of:
- Add MS 47619-47662 : RAWLINSON PAPERS Notebooks of Major-General Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, 1st Bart., G.C.B. (b. 1810, d. 1895), relating to…
Add MS 47662 : RAWLINSON PAPERS. Vol. XLIV (ff. i + 143). Letters relating to the First Afghan War addressed to Rawlinson, as Political Agent… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002103959[0006]/040-002104006
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- Record Type (Level):
- File
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- 1 item
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1840
- End Date:
- 1841
- Date Range:
- 1840-1841
- Era:
- CE
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- Material Type:
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- Legal Status:
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- Names:
- Macnaghten, William Hay, Baronet 1840 Secretary to the Government of India
Nott, William, Major-General; GCB
Outram, James, 1st Baronet, army officer in India, 1803-1863
Ripley, John Peter - Places:
- Afghanistan, Asia
India, Asia