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Copies of letters from Governor General Charles Canning to various correspondents. Nos. 1-15 were written from various places on tour, namely from Camp Piprod (6 Jan), Camp Jubulpore (11-18 Jan), Camp Sehora (26 Jan), Camp Sleemanabad (26-27 Jan), & Camp Baroon (15 Feb). Canning writes primarily from Calcutta from 22 Feb onwards, although some letters in Dec 1861 & Jan 1862 are written from Barrackpore, after the death of Lady Canning.

List of letters transcribed from index is as follows:

1. Copy letter to Sir Richard Birch, Military Secretary to Government, 6 Jan 1861: 'Attacks on him in Friend of India'.

2. Copy letter to Bishop of Calcutta, Benares, 11 Jan 1861: 'Appeal to be made by clergy for relief of famine in North West Provinces'.

3. Copy letter to Hon. Ashley Eden, Darjeeling, 13 Jan 1861: 'On chance of Sikkim accepting terms of British Government. Satisfaction to be exacted'.

4. Copy letter to Mr Henry B. Harington, Calcutta, 13 Jan 1861: 'His paper on Civil Service. Sale of Ancestral Property. Code of Civil Procedure'.

5. Copy letter to Mr Humphrey B. Devereux, Calcutta, 14 Jan 1861: 'Reasons against reinstating him as Judicial Commissioner of Mysore'.

6. Copy letter to Bishop of Calcutta, Benares, 15 Jan 1861: 'Asking him to issue at once appeal for relief of the famine districts'.

7. Copy letter to Mr Richard Temple, Calcutta, 16 Jan 1861: 'Thanks for his and Colonel Bruce’s Reports on Pegu Establishments. Objections to a treaty with King of Ava'.

8. Copy letter to Bishop of Calcutta, Benares, 16 Jan 1861: 'Memorial Church at Cawnpore'.

9. Copy letter to Mr R. Spooner, Calcutta, 18 Jan 1861: 'Thanking him for his useful service in revising Tariff etc'.

10. Copy letter to Maharaja Duleep Singh, Calcutta, 26 Jan 1861: 'Welcoming him on his return to India'.

11. Copy letter to Major Charles V. Bowie, Calcutta, 26 Jan 1861: 'Regarding Duleep Singh'.

12. Copy letter to General Bell, Madras, 27 Jan 1861: 'His good service in revising Pegu Establishments. Regrets his loss. His correspondence with Colonel Phayre'.

13. Copy letter to Sir Richmond Shakespeare, Indore, 15 Feb 1861: 'Asks his opinion as to precedence of Chiefs for new Order of Knighthood. Oodeypore [Udaipur] Rana'.

14. Copy letter to Colonel Cuthbert Davidson, Hyderabad, 15 Feb 1861: 'Whether Nizam would accept the new Order?'

15. Copy letter to Colonel George St Patrick Lawrence, 15 Feb 1861: 'Whether Oodeypore [Udaipur] Rana would dislike to accept the new Order'.

16. Copy letter to Sir Patrick Grant, Madras, 22 Feb 1861: 'Bidding him goodbye'.

17. Copy letter to Prince Gholam Mahomed, Russapugla, 22 Feb 1861: 'Thanking him for his letter'.

18. Copy letter to Mr William Ritchie, 25 Feb 1861: 'Appointment of fresh members to Calcutta Senate'.

19. Copy letter to Mr George C. Barnes, Umbala, 25 Feb 1861: 'Offering him acting Foreign Secretaryship'.

20. Copy letter to Hon. Ashley Eden, 26 Feb 1861: 'Sikkim should not be tributary to us. Commercial facilities to be secured. New treaty'.

21. Copy letter to Mr Humphrey B. Devereux, 10 Mar 1861: 'Thanks for his paper on Mysore. Demurs to his remarks about himself'.

22. Copy letter to Maharaja Duleep Singh, 16 Mar 1861: 'Instructions to Nepal Resident regarding his mother will be given to him'.

23. Copy letter to Major Meade, Gwalior, 18 Mar 1861: 'Condolence to be offered to Sindhia [Scindia] on death of his son'.

24. Copy letter to Sir Richmond Shakespeare, Indore, 26 Mar 1861: 'Offering him Commissionership of Mysore'.

25. Copy letter to Hon. Ashley Eden, Darjeeling, 28 Mar 1861: 'The result of his mission most satisfactory. Road through Sikkim. Cheeboo Llama'.

26. Copy letter to Brigadier Coghlan, 2 Apr 1861: 'French Naval Establishments in Comoro Islands'.

27. Copy letter to Mr Humphrey B. Devereux, 7 Apr 1861: 'Reasons against appointing him Commissioner of Mysore'.

28. Copy letter to Mr George C. Barnes, 13 Apr 1861: 'Permitting him to resign the Foreign Secretaryship'.

29. Copy letter to Mr Allan O. Hume, 21 Apr 1861: 'Sending him a letter of introduction to Sir Charles Wood. School Master for Etawah School.'

30. Copy letter to Mr Edward C. Bayley, Agra, 22 Apr 1861: 'Offering him Acting Foreign Secretaryship temporarily with chance of the reversion'.

31. Copy letter to Hon. Edmond Drummond, 28 Apr 1861: 'Refusing him leave on private affairs'.

32. Copy letter to Mr H. Forbes, 6 May 1861: 'Correspondence with the Raja of Mysore about restitution of his Sovereignty'.

33. Copy letter to Colonel James Abbott, Delhi, 7 May 1861: 'Chances of his future employment in the Political Department'.

34. Copy letter to Colonel Cuthbert Davidson, Hyderabad, 20 May 1861: 'Hyderabad Contingent. Feeling of Durbar as to the disbandment of some of them, and the replacement of others by Regiments from the Madras Army'.

35. Copy letter to Colonel Cuthbert Davidson, Hyderabad, 8 Jun 1861: 'Object of Mr Richard Temple’s Mission to Hyderabad'.

36. Copy letter to Bishop of Calcutta, 21 Jun 1861: 'Publication of Bishop’s Report 1859-60'.

37. Copy letter to Maharaja Narendra Narayana Bhupa Bahadur, Raja of Cooch Behar, 22 Jun 1861: 'His visit to Calcutta. Exhorts him to attend to his Government and to keep up his study of English etc.'

38. Copy letter to Mr Joseph E.L. Brandreth, 28 Jul 1861: 'Appointment of Maharaja of Puttiala [Patiala] to the Governor General’s Legislative Council'.

39. Copy letter to Mr Joseph E.L. Brandreth, Umbala, 28 Jul 1861: 'Appointment of Maharaja Puttiala [Patiala] to be Knight of the Star of India. Nabha and Jheend to be discouraged from applying for the honour'.

40. Copy letter to Major Wallace, Baroda, 11 Jul 1861: 'Appointment of the Guicowar to be a Knight of the Star of India'.

41. Copy letter to Sir Richmond Shakespeare, Indore, 28 Jul 1861: 'Appointment of Dinkur [Dinkar] Rao to the Governor General’s Legislative Council'.

42. Copy letter to Sir Richmond Shakespeare, 28 Jul 1861: 'Appointment of Sindia [Scindia], the Secunder Begum and Holkar to be Knights of the Star of India'.

43. Copy letter to Major Meade, Gwalior, 28 Jul 1861: 'Appointment of Dinkur [Dinkar] Rao to the Governor General’s Legislative Council'.

44. Copy letter to Major Meade, Gwalior, 28 Jul 1861: 'Appointment of Sindia [Scindia] to be a Knight of the Star of India'.

45. Copy letter to Mr Edward A. Prinsep, Sealkote [Sialkot], 28 Jul 1861: 'Appointment of the Maharaja of Cashmere to be a Knight of the Star of India'.

46. Copy letter to Major Hutchinson, Bhopal, 28 Jul 1861: 'Appointment of the Secunder Begum to be a Knight of the Star of India'.

47. Copy letter to Mr William Roberts, Commissioner of Rohilcund, Moradabad, 28 Jul 1861: 'Appointment of the Nawab of Rampore [Rampur] to be a Knight of the Star of India'.

48. Copy letter to Colonel Cuthbert Davidson, Hyderabad, 28 Jul 1861: 'Appointment of the Nizam to be a Knight of the Star of India'.

49. Copy letter to Mr Walter Scott Seton-Karr, 15 Aug 1861: 'Retention of his seat in the Legislative Council. Resolution of Government in Nil Durpan [Nil Darpan] case'.

50. Copy letter to Colonel George St Patrick Lawrence, Mount Aboo, 24 Aug 1861: 'His meeting Governor General at Agra. Investiture of the ‘Native Chiefs’ at Allahabad not Agra. Visit to Lucknow and Pegu. Rajpootana Chiefs not to be invested. His reasons against Rana of Oodeypore [Udaipur] was decisive. Rajas of Jeypore and Bikaneer and Rewah why excluded. Oodeypore Rana’s desire to receive a Nepaul [Nepal] Prince'.

51. Copy letter to Major Meade, Gwalior, 26 Aug 1861: 'Ceremony of the grantage of the Star of India to Sindhia [Scindia]. Retinue of ‘Native Chiefs’ who are to attend the Investiture at Allahabad on 1st Nov'.

52. Copy letter to Major Meade, Gwalior, 26 Aug 1861: 'His opinion as to Dinkur [Dinkar] Rao for the Governor General’s Legislative Council. Sir Richmond Shakespeare on grant of Jagheers to ‘Natives’ who assist in legislation and to Dinkur [Dinkar] Rao. Report of letters to Sindhia [Scindia] about Dinkur [Dinkar] Rao. Latter’s actual position at Gwalior'.

53. Copy letter to Mr William Roberts, Commissioner of Rohilcund, Bareilly, 28 Aug 1861: 'Successful announcement to Nawab of Rampore of the grant of the Star of India. Investiture to take place at Allahabad on 1^st Nov. The ‘Native Chiefs’ not expected to attend in State. No presents will be interchanged'.

54. Copy letter to H. Forbes, 31 Aug 1861: 'Asks his opinion on Draft Resolution of Government relative to sale of Waste Lands, and the Redemption of Land Revenue'.

55. Copy letter to Mr C. Erskine, 31 Aug 1861: 'Asks his opinion on Draft Resolution of Government relative to sale of Waste Lands, and the Redemption of Land Revenue'.

56. Copy letter to Mr Henry B. Harington, 31 Aug 1861: 'Asks his opinion on Draft Resolution of Government relative to sale of Waste Lands, and the Redemption of Land Revenue'.

57. Copy letter to Mr P. Saunders, Special Commissioner on Cotton, 24 Sep 1861: 'Thanks for his Cotton Report'.

58. Copy letter to Dr A. Campbell, Darjeeling, 8 Oct 1861: 'Regarding his pension and retirement from the Service'.

59. Copy letter to Colonel Balfour, 9 Oct 1861: 'Congratulates him on his Report'.

60. Copy letter to Prince Gholam Mohamed, 14 Oct 1861: 'His objections to certain statements in Governor General’s Minute of 20 Aug 1860 as conveying imputations against him'.

61. Copy letter to Mr Richard Temple, Nagpore, 15 Oct 1861: 'Invites him to Allahabad. His letter of 7 Oct on economies in Nagpore. Colonel Elliott’s health. He is to be Chief Commissioner of Central Provinces. Requires him to visit Jubulpore to look at the Thuggee establishment which cannot be absorbed into the Police yet, but may admit further reductions. His letters about Hyderabad and Benares and Cotton. He and Colonel Davidson wrong in the official report about the employment of Contingent Troops vice Subsidiary Troops, in this Colonel Brown’s views more correct. Frontier Customs in Pegu'.

62. Copy letter to Mr Frederick Nubbins, Benares, 16 Oct 1861: 'Appointment of Raja Deonarain Sing, Raja of Benares to the Governor General’s Legislative Council. The first ‘Native’ Councillors. Sends him new Councils Act and Secretary of State’s despatch on it'.

63. Copy letter to Mr Frederick Gubbins, Benares, 16 Oct 1861: 'Dates of departure from Calcutta and arrival at Benares. Formal receptions not desired. Raja of Benares to be dissuaded from it, the more so if he is likely to ask for the Star of India.'

64. Copy letter to Mr Edward G. Fane, Vizagapatam, 16 Oct 1861: 'Governor General’s visit to Rajahmundry and to Godavery [Godavari]. Object of visit. Asks his opinion'.

65. Copy letter to Colonel Cuthbert Davidson, Hyderabad, 19 Oct 1861: 'Mismanagement of the matter of the Star of India at Hyderabad. Instructions sent to him. No more memorandums on this subject will be received from Salar Jung'.

66. Copy letter to Sir Richmond Shakespeare, Indore, 20 Oct 1861: 'Asks to the probable time of his taking up the Commissionership of Mysore, and as to his hopes of succeeding to a Lieutenant Governorship'.

67. Copy letter to Mr Thomas Cowie, 24 Oct 1861: 'His appointment to office of Advocate General. Functions of the office in connection with Legislation'.

68. Copy letter to Dr A. Campbell, Darjeeling, 12 Nov 1861: 'Review of his late transactions. Governor General’s decision to remove him arrived at before Dr Eden’s appointment'.

69. Copy letter to Colonel Cuthbert Davidson, 14 Nov 1861: 'Feelings of the Nizam about the Star. Conduct of Resident. Salar Jung’s private correspondence'.

70. Copy letter to Bishop of Calcutta, 16 Nov 1861: 'Day of Thanksgiving for the cessation of the cholera and famine. Day of Prayer. Notification by the Bishop'.

71. Copy letter to Colonel Edward K. Elliott, Jubbulpore, 2 Dec 1861: 'Amalgamation Resolution in Gazette. His appointment as Chief Commissioner. In event of failing health other arrangements will be necessary'.

72. Copy letter to Mr Henry B. Harington, 7 Dec 1861: 'Bill as to the legality of grants by Government of India. Sir Charles Wood’s Despatch and private opinion on the subject'.

73. Copy letter to Mr Henry B. Harington, 15 Dec 1861: 'Draft of amended Bill regarding grants of immoveable property'.

74. Copy letter to Mr Thomas Cowie, 7 Jan 1862: 'His appointment as Advocate General'.

75. Copy letter to Madame Haye, Chandernagore, 6 Jan 1862: 'Distressed families in Chandernagore. In French.'

76. Copy letter to Madame Haye, Chandernagore, 9 Jan 1862: 'Sends 300 Rs for the distressed families in Chandernagore. In French'.

77. Copy letter to General Sir James Hope Grant, Madras, 10 Dec 1862: Congratulations on his appointment to Madras. Visit to Calcutta. Reduction of the Madras Army by 8 Regiments. ‘Native’ Cavalry not to be administered. Invites suggestions for easing hardships of reduction to Officers. Proportion of retirements among Madras Officers. Lord Elgin’s arrival. Lord Clyde'.

78. Copy letter to Prince Gholam Mohamed, 20 Jan 1862: 'Adheres to former opinion and declines to correspond further on the subject'.

79. Copy letter to Sir Barnes Peacock, 4 Mar 1862: 'His son’s appointment to be second in command of the Bodyguard'.

80. Copy letter to Raja of Mysore, 4 Mar 1862: 'In reply to his farewell letter'.