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Mss Eur F699/1/1/2/21

Record Id:
040-003310872
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-003256818
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100030513569.0x000001
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/2/21
Title:
Copy Letters to the Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab
Scope & Content:

Copies of correspondence from Governor General Charles Canning to Sir Robert Montgomery. Numbered 1-29 with index and detailed summaries.

List of letters transcribed from index is as follows:

1. Copy letter to Sir Robert Montgomery, 1 May 1859. 'Minute on Oudh Proclamation. Corrections to errors at home. Asks if Summary Settlement was carefully carried out'.

2. Copy letter to Sir Robert Montgomery, 15 Aug 1859. 'Congratulations on Lieutenant Governor’s Honours. Heavy work. Council. Project of visiting Punjab. Durbars. Amount of Camp. Residence at Simla. China reverse. Mr Macleod. Tea plantations'.

3. Copy letter to Sir Robert Montgomery, 15 Aug 1859. 'Minute on services of Civil Officers'.

4. Copy letter to Sir Robert Montgomery, 19 Oct 1859. 'Colonel Barrow’s services. Furukhabad case. Transfer of Oudh to North West Provinces. Lucknow proceedings. Mahomed Buksh Khan. Mr Wingfield. Punjab Regiments for China. Volunteer Battalions'.

5. Copy letter to Sir Robert Montgomery, 12 Nov 1859. 'Punjab Troops for China. Officers to Command'.

6. Copy letter to Sir Robert Montgomery, 16 Nov 1859. 'Captain Mecham’s murder. Expedition against Vizeerrees [Waziris]. Major Taylor’s offer of reward for heads objectionable. Brigadier Chamberlain’s letter. Meeting with Lieutenant Governor'.

7. Copy letter to Sir Robert Montgomery, 24 Dec 1859. 'Putiala Raja’s reception. His proposals cannot be consented to'.

8. Copy letter to Sir Robert Montgomery, 25 Dec 1859. 'Major Taylor’s offer of reward – why objectionable'.

9. Copy letter to Sir Robert Montgomery, 8 Dec 1859. 'License Tax. Mr [James] Wilson’s expected arrival. Mode of visiting Peshawur [Peshawar]. Resolve to go there. The Ameer [Dost Mohammed Khan]'.

10. Copy letter to Sir Robert Montgomery, 15 Jan 1860. 'Offer to assist Mr Wilson. Mr [Richard] Temple'.

11. Copy letter to Sir Robert Montgomery, 29 Mar 1860. 'Judicial Commissionership of Mysore. Mr Barnes'.

12. Copy letter to Sir Robert Montgomery, 22 Apr 1860. 'Sir Charles Trevelyan’s Minute. Departure for Calcutta. Kangra. Mr Barnes. Lord Clyde to leave India. Momunds. Income Tax feeling at Peshawur [Peshawar]. Mahsood Vizeerees [Waziris]'.

13. Copy letter to Sir Robert Montgomery, 28 Apr 1860. 'Momunds. Loodiana feeling regarding Madras manifestos. Sirdar Magistrates'.

14. Copy letter to Sir Robert Montgomery, 29 Apr 1860. 'Journey to Calcutta. Mr Wilson’s speech might be translated for Natives. Censorship of Press. Lady Canning’s intended tour. Simla Durbars'.

15. Copy letter to Sir Robert Montgomery, 19 Jun 1860. 'Compensation to Colonel Lawrence. Lieutenant Governor’s despatch objectionable'.

16. Copy letter to Sir Robert Montgomery, 12 Jul 1860. 'Compensation to Colonel Lawrence. Outram’s imputation on Punjab. His explanation of his meaning'.

17. Copy letter to Sir Robert Montgomery, 23 Jul 1860. 'Adoption despatches'.

18. Copy letter to Sir Robert Montgomery, 23 Jul 1860. 'European Regiments at Delhi. Outram’s Minute regarding Punjab feeling. Drought – preparations to meet it'.

19. Copy letter to Sir Robert Montgomery, 24 Jul 1860. 'Thomason’s Memorandum on Famine of 1837. Baird Smith’s views. Public works by way of relief'.

20. Copy letter to Sir Robert Montgomery, 25 Aug 1860. 'Mr Wilson’s death. His great capacity. Income Tax instructions. Teerah [Tirah] politics. Captain James’s views. Natives salaaming [or saluting] to Europeans. Mr Raeburn'.

21. Copy letter to Sir Robert Montgomery, 10 Sep 1860. 'Rifle Clubs and Rifle Corps. Government actions regarding the latter'.

22. Copy letter to Sir Robert Montgomery, 24 Oct 1860. 'Mr Raikes. Lieutenant Governor’s tour. Governor General’s plans. Contemplated change in constitution of Council. Sir John Lawrence and Sirdar Magistrates. Police. Will persevere in scheme of Indian Government. Reductions following it. Attock Tunnel. Mr [Lewin] Bowring'.

23. Copy letter to Sir Robert Montgomery, 30 Oct 1860. 'Working of Sirdar Magistrates scheme. Salaaming orders [order to salute to Europeans]. Mr [Richard] Temple and Colonel H. Bruce gone to Rangoon [Burma]'.

24. Copy letter to Sir Robert Montgomery, 26 Jan 1861. 'Lieutenant Governor’s trip to Derajat. Mail carts. Navigation of Indus. Possible collapse of railways. Work to be concentrated. Drought. Colonel Taylor and powers for Chiefs'.

25. Copy letter to Sir Robert Montgomery, 25 Feb 1861. 'Barnes for Foreign Secretary'.

26. Copy letter to Sir Robert Montgomery, 1 Jul 1861. 'On the question of inheritance by primogeniture in the Punjab'.

27. Copy letter to Sir Robert Montgomery, 6 Aug 1861. 'Primogeniture in the Punjab – precise definition of the term. Proposed roads. Lahore High School'.

28. Copy letter to Sir Robert Montgomery, 25 Dec 1861. 'His presence at Calcutta required – what papers had better be brought with him. Time of Governor General’s retirement. Punjab Member on Governor General’s Legislative Council'.

29. Copy letter to Sir Robert Montgomery, 27 Dec 1861. 'Punjab Member on Governor General’s Legislative Council. Sends Secretary of State’s dispatch and Act and Governor General’s dispatches for 1859/1861. Term of Office. Deputation allowance. Length of session'.

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
040-003310872
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 F699/1/1/2/21 : Copy Letters to the Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab
Hierarchy:
032-003256818[0001]/033-003309783[0001]/036-003309785[0002]/037-003309884[0021]/040-003310872
Container:
View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F699
Record Type (Level):
File
Extent:
1 volume (29 items)
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1859
End Date:
1861
Date Range:
1 May 1859-27 Dec 1861
Era:
CE
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Former External References:
WYL250/9/51
Information About Copies:

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:
Montgomery, Robert, Knight, administrator in India, 1809-1887