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Mss Eur F699/1/1/2/9
- Record Id:
- 040-003310409
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003256818
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100029859356.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F699/1/1/2/9
- Title:
- Copy Letters to the Secretary of State Sir Charles Wood
- Scope & Content:
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Copy letters from Governor General Charles Canning to Sir Charles Wood, Secretary of State for India. Numbered 197-231 with index and detailed summaries. Continued from volume Mss Eur F699/1/1/2/7.
List of letters transcribed from index:
197. 11 Jul 1859. 'Lord Palmestone's Cabinet. Local Europeans. [Cecil] Beadon. Councils. Defences of River Hooghly. Singapore.
198. 17 Jul 1859. 'Civil honours'.
199. 25 Jul 1859. 'Civil honours Minute. Rewards for Sindhia [Scindia] and Holkar. Copper. Finance'.
200. 25 Jul 1859. '[Sir James] Outram. Councils'.
201. 8 Aug 1859. 'Financial prospects. License Bill. Succession Duty. Salt. Tariff. Paper Currency. Councils'.
202. 9 Aug 1859. 'China news. Dissatisfaction among Local Europeans. Discharges'.
203. 11 Aug 1859. 'Regiment for China. Discharged men'.
204. 22 Aug 1859. 'China. Discharged men. Finances'. Includes enclosure: Copy of urgent telegram from Governor General to Lord Elphinstone, and Secretary to Government Bombay, dated Calcutta, 20 Aug [1859].
205. 29 Aug 1859. 'Cashmere [Kashmir] Survey'.
206. 31 Aug 1859. [Sir Henry Bartle] Frere. Change in Council. Legislative Council. Afghan mission. Sir John Lawrence on Peshawur [Peshawar].
207. 9 Sep 1859. 'China. Lord Clyde's views'. Includes enclosure: Copy of telegram from Lord Clyde, Commander in Chief, to Governor General, dated Simla, 21 Aug 1859.
208. 9 Sep 1859. 'Financial statement'. Includes enclosures: 1. Statement of Receipts and Disbursements, to 30 Apr 1860 2. Memo commenting on estimates given in Sir Charles Wood's budget speech.
209. 16 Sep 1859. 'China. Lord Clyde's views. Sikh Regiments. Discharged Europeans'. Includes enclosures: 1. Copy letter from Lord Clyde to Governor General dated Simla, 3 Sep 1859 2. Copy of extract of letter from Richard Temple, Commissioner of Lahore, to Lewin Bowring, Private Secretary to the Governor General, dated Lahore, 25 Aug 1859.
210. '16 Sep 1859. 'Finance'.
211. 22 Sep 1859. 'Councils. [James] Wilson. Sketch Estimate'.
212. 30 Sep 1859. 'Councils. [Sir Henry Bartle] Frere. Secretary Councillors. Legislative Council'.
213. 10 Oct 1859. 'Nana's death [Nana Sahib]. Includes enclosure: Copy of 'most important' telegram from H. Fergusson, Commissioner, to Governor General, dated Patna, 12 Oct 1859.
214. 16 Oct 1859. 'Troops for China. Treatment of discharged Europeans. Artillery. Time for operations in China'.
215. 17 Oct 1859. 'China Force. Local Europeans'.
216. 2 Nov 1859. 'Command in China. Sir William Mansfield and Sir Hope Grant. Commands at Madras and Bombay'.
217. 3 Nov 1859. 'What Regiments of China Force to go first to England. Who to Command in China'.
218. 3 Nov 1859. 'Visit to Oudh'.
219. 6 Nov 1859. 'Ranee Jhunda [Rani Jindan or Rani Jind Kaur]. Sikhs in China'. Includes enclosure: Copy letter from Colonel G. Ramsay, Resident at Nepal, to Cecil Beadon, Secretary to Government Foreign Office, dated Nepal Residency, 14 Oct 1859.
219a. 8 Nov 1859. 'Straits Settlement'.
220. 12 Nov 1859. 'Governor General's absence from Calcutta. Troops for China. Reasons for visiting Oudh and North West Provinces. [James] Wilson's reception'.
221. 12 Nov 1859. 'Lucknow Durbars. Oudh Talookdars. Lucknow Fortress. Oudh Police'.
222. 13 Nov 1859. 'Extension of Lord Clyde's command. Command at Bombay'.
223. 14 Nov 1859. 'Colonel Cavenagh regarding Messrs Maxwell and Blundell'.
224. 15 Nov 1859. 'Brigadier Chamberlain on volunteering of Sikhs for China'.
225. 17 Nov 1859. 'China. Regiments for home. Local Europeans. Young Officers. Delhi Prize. Dhar. Sindhia's [Scindia's] reward. Holkar. Plowden. Mr Ellis for Nagpore. Paper currency. [Sir Charles] Trevelyan and the Legislative Council'.
226. 19 Nov 1859. 'Mr Bruce from China'.
227. 2 Dec 1859. 'Strength of Batteries of Artillery. Discharged men in Marines. Secretary Councillors. [James] Wilson. Oudh Talookdar system. Measures for North West Provinces and Punjab. 7th Fusiliers. Want of steam tonnage for China. Punjab License Tax'.
228. 6 Dec 1859. 'China Command. Lord Clyde's stay'.
229. 20 Dec 1859. Marked 'with Governor General since 6 May 1860'. [License Tax Bill. James Wilson's views on Income Tax. Legislative Councils. Governor General's Council. Reduction of Levies].
230. 24 Dec 1859. 'Honorary Titles for Natives of India. Order of Chivalry'.
231. 30 Dec 1859. 'Oudh Talookdars. Rebels in Nepal'.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003256818
033-003309783
036-003309785
037-003309884
040-003310409 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur F699 : Papers of Charles Canning and Charlotte Canning, Earl and Countess Canning
Mss Eur F699/1 : Papers of Charles Canning, Viscount (later Earl) Canning
Mss Eur F699/1/1 : Governor General's Papers
Mss Eur F699/1/1/2 : Civil Correspondence: Copy Letters Sent
Mss Eur F699/1/1/2/9 : Copy Letters to the Secretary of State Sir Charles Wood - Hierarchy:
- 032-003256818[0001]/033-003309783[0001]/036-003309785[0002]/037-003309884[0009]/040-003310409
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F699
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (44 items, including enclosures)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1859
- End Date:
- 1859
- Date Range:
- 11 Jul 1859-30 Dec 1859
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Information About Copies:
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Microfilmed as part of The Indian Papers of the Rt. Hon. Charles John, Earl Canning: Governor General (1856-1858) and Viceroy (1858-1862), ISBN (microfilms): 978 1-85117-080-7 (Wakefield: Microform Academic Publishers, 2007).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Wood, Charles, 1st Viscount Halifax, statesman, 1800-1885