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Mss Eur F699/1/1/3/11

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040-003311673

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003256818

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/3/11

Title:

Miscellaneous Letters Received by the Governor General: 1858 to 1859

Scope & Content:

Letters written to Governor General Charles Canning, primarily relating to military issues, but also in relation to appointments and patronage for individuals. Includes information pertaining to army reform, and the discontent amongst European Troops as a result of the Proclamation of Nov 1858, the so-called 'White Mutiny'. Letters are numbered 1-97 with index and précis of letters, continued in Mss Eur F699/1/1/3/12. NB: There are two letters numbered 41a. For copies of letters sent by Charles Canning to many of these correspondents see Mss Eur F699/1/1/4/6.

1. Major General Sir John Hearsey, Barrackpore, 2 Jan 1858.

2. Major General Sir John Hearsey, Barrackpore, 4 Jan 1858.

3. Brigadier George St Patrick Lawrence, Jubbulpore, 5 Jan 1858.

3a. George, Duke of Cambridge, St James’s Palace, 16 Jan 1858.

4. Brigadier Sir John Inglis, Cawnpore, 30 Jan 1858.

5. Major General Sir John Hearsey, Barrackpore, 7 Feb 1858.

5a. Lieutenant Colonel George Ramsay, Nepaul [Nepal] Residency, 31 Jan 1858.

5b. Brigadier General Thomas Franks, Camp Secundra, 26 Jan 1858. Enclosed: Copy letter to Chief of Staff, 19 Jan 1858

6. Lieutenant Colonel George Bruce Michell, Sasseram, 1 Feb 1858.

6a. Brigadier General Thomas Franks, Budlapore, 2 Feb 1858. Enclosed: 5 letters.

7. Major Garrett, Calcutta, 4 Feb 1858.

8. Commodore Rundle Burges Watson, HMS Chesapeake, Calcutta, 4 Feb 1858.

9. Sir George Grey, Graham’s Town, Cape of Good Hope, 4 Feb 1858.

10. General Sir Alexander Woodford, Royal Hospital Chelsea, London, 7 Feb 1858.

11. Major General William Mansfield, Cawnpore, 10 Feb 1858. Enclosed: Memorandum and instructions to Officers.

12. Major General Sir Sydney Cotton, Peshawur, 11 Feb 1858. Enclosed: Narrative re: disarming Troops at Peshawur.

13. Brigadier General Thomas Franks, Budlapore. 12 Feb 1858.

14. Lieutenant Colonel D. Pott, Buxar on the Ganges, 12 Feb 1858.

15. Lieutenant Colonel James Ramsay, Commissary General’s Office, Calcutta, 16 Feb 1858.

16. Lieutenant Colonel George Bruce Michell, Rotas, 17 Feb 1858.

16a. George, Duke of Cambridge, Horse Guards, London, 17 Feb 1858.

17. Captain E. Sotheby, Phoolpore Gorge, 25 Feb 1858.

18. General Henry Van Cortlandt, Hissar, 2 Mar 1858.

19. Sir George Grey, Cape Town, 3 Mar 1858.

20. Lieutenant Colonel James Ramsay, Commissary General’s Office, Calcutta, 5 Mar 1858.

21. Brigadier General Neville Chamberlain, Delhi, 5 Mar 1858.

22. Captain E. Sotheby, Amorah, 6 Mar 1858.

23. Sir Robert Hamilton, Runeera, 9 Mar 1858.

24. Major Joseph F. Richardson, [Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry], Ahimsa, 15 Mar 1858.

25. Colonel William Sage, Allahabad, 16 Mar 1858. Enclosed: memo.

26. Lieutenant Colonel Henry M. Durand, Calcutta, 16 Mar 1858.

27. Colonel Rowcroft, Amorah, 18 Mar 1858.

28. Captain Chapman, [Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry], Amorah, 21 Mar 1858. Enclosed: letter from Colonel Rowcroft.

28a. Colonel Charles Stuart, Head Quarters, 23 Mar 1858.

29. Brigadier General Thomas H. Franks, Cawnpore, 25 Mar 1858. Enclosed: Copy of letter to Chief of Staff, and Report of assault on Lucknow.

30. Lieutenant Colonel James Ramsay, Commissary General’s Office, Calcutta, 30 Mar 1858. Encloses: Extract of memo from Lord Dalhousie.

30a. Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government, Allahabad, 12 Apr 1858.

31. Major General Sir John Inglis, Benares, 12 Apr 1858.

32. Lieutenant Colonel James Ramsay, Commissary General’s Office, Calcutta, 15 Apr 1858.

33. Hon. Joseph A. Dorin, Calcutta, 28 Apr 1858.

34. Major General Sir John Inglis, Madras, 28 Apr 1858.

35. Major F.D. Atkinson, Deputy Secretary Military Department, Calcutta, 20 Jul 1857.

36. Major General George C. Whitlock, Banda, 30 Apr 1858.

37. Lieutenant Colonel James Ramsay, Commissary General’s Office, Calcutta, 1 May 1858.

38. Lieutenant Colonel Henry M. Durand, Calcutta, 2 May 1858.

38a. Major General Sir James Outram, Calcutta, 2 May 1858. Enclosed: Copy of letter to Adjutant General of the Army.

39. Major General Sir Hugh Rose, Camp Pooch, 4 May 1858.

40. Lieutenant Colonel James Ramsay, Commissary General’s Office, Calcutta, 7 May 1858.

40a. Lieutenant Colonel Henry M. Durand, Calcutta, 7 May 1858.

41. Captain J.W. Vaughan, Gyah, 8 May 1858.

41a. Sir William Denison, Sydney, Australia, 11 May 1858.

41a. Robert Montgomery, Murree, 15 May 1858. Enclosed: Letter from Richard Temple, with enclosures, and note from General Charles A. Windham.

41b. Brigadier P. Gordon, Benares, 17 May 1858. Enclosed: Return of disarmed men, Benares, May 1858.

42. Lieutenant Colonel Henry M. Durand, Allahabad, 21 May 1858.

43. Major General Sir James Outram, Calcutta, 23 May 1858.

44. Colonel Vincent Eyre, Ishapore, 24 May 1858.

45. Major General Sir Hugh Rose, Camp Calpee, 25 May 1858. Enclosed: letter.

45a. Mr George Plowden, Seetabuldee, 27 May 1858.

45b. Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government, Allahabad, 28 May 1858.

46. Lieutenant Colonel Henry M. Durand, Allahabad, 4 Jun 1858.

47. Lord Elphinstone, Matheran, 7 Jun 1858. Copy of telegram.

47a. Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government, Allahabad, 19 Jun 1858.

47b. Lieutenant Colonel Richard Baird Smith, Roorkee, 25 Jun 1858.

47c. Colonel Charles Stuart, Madras, 9 Jul 1858.

48. Brigadier D. Wood, Allahabad, 17 Jul 1858.

48a. Major Henry W. Norman, Deputy Adjutant General, Allahabad, 9 Aug 1858. Enclosed: Memo on strengths of old army corps.

48b. Major Henry W. Norman, Deputy Adjutant General, Allahabad, 30 Aug 1858.

48c. Major General Sir William Mansfield, 30 Aug 1858.

48d. Captain E. Sotheby, Bustee, 1 Sep 1858.

49. Lieutenant Colonel George Poyntz Ricketts, Mussoorie, 2 Sep 1858.

50. Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government, Allahabad, 10 Sep 1858.

51. Lieutenant Colonel James Ramsay, Commissary General’s Office, Calcutta, 6 Oct 1858. Enclosed: Letter from Dr Macrae and extract from Quarterly Army List.

52. Lieutenant Colonel James Ramsay, Commissary General’s Office, Calcutta, 6 Oct 1858.

53. Lieutenant Colonel James Ramsay, Commissary General’s Office, Calcutta, 17 Oct 1858.

54. Lieutenant General Sir Patrick Grant, Ootacamund, 29 Oct 1858.

54a. Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government, 14 Nov 1858.

55. Lord Stanley, East India House, London, 15 Nov 1858. Enclosed: Memo from George, Duke of Cambridge.

55a. Sir George Grey, Cape Town, 18 Dec 1858.

55b. Lieutenant Colonel William W. Apperley, Cape Town, 19 Dec 1858. Enclosed: Statement showing number of horses shipped from Cape of Good Hope to India, 1857-58, and letter re: supply of horses.

56. Major General Sir William Mansfield, ‘North West of China’, 27 Dec 1858.

56a. Captain J.K. Couper, Buxar, 30 Dec 1858. Enclosed: Copy of letter re: Shaw’s Horses.

56b. Captain G.R. Phillips, Madras, 30 Dec 1858. Enclosed: Extracts from Regimental Orders and from Madras Army list.

57. Major General Sir William Mansfield, Camp near Bankee, 4 Jan 1859.

57a. Major General Sir William Mansfield, Camp near Bankee, 4 Jan 1859. Enclosed: Memo re: pursuit by Irregular Cavalry.

57b. Major General George C. Whitlock, Kirwee, 4 Jan 1859.

58. Major General Sir William Mansfield, Camp near Bankee, 5 Jan 1859. Encloses: Correspondence re: withdrawal of Captain Rattray’s Regiment from Jugdeespore.

59. Major General Sir William Mansfield, Camp near Bankee, 5 Jan 1859.

60. Lord Elphinstone, Bombay, 14 Jan 1859. Enclosed: Note from Sir Henry Somerset.

61. Major General George C. Whitlock, Kirwee, 15 Jan 1859.

62. Major General George C. Whitlock, Kirwee, 21 Jan 1859.

63. Major General George C. Whitlock, Manickpore, 26 Jan 1859.

64. Lord Stanley, East India House, London. 28 Jan 1859. Enclosed: Opinions on claims to re-enlistment by European Troops by Duke of Cambridge, Major General Peel, Colonel Durand, Major General Sir R. Vivian, Sir H. Rawlinson, Mr Eastwick and Mr Willoughby.

65. Major General Sir James Hope Grant, Lucknow, 15 Feb 1859.

66. Lieutenant General Sir James Outram, Garden Reach, 14 Feb 1859.

67. Sir Ralph Howard, London, 9 Feb 1859.

68. Earl of St Germans, Dover Street, London, 10 Feb 1859. Enclosed: Letter from Lady Howard.

69. Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government, 16 Feb 1859.

69a. Lady Elizabeth Forbes, Boyne Hill, Maidenhead, 22 Feb 1859.

70. Lord Elphinstone, Bombay, 11 Mar 1859.

71. Mr Thomas B. Horsfall, London, 2 Mar 1859.

71a. Lord Belhaven, Wishaw, 7 Mar 1859.

72. Mr Thomas Tobin, 80 Rodney Street, Liverpool, 10 Mar 1859. Enclosed: Details of his grandson George Edwin Borradaile.

72a. Major General Sir William Mansfield, 13 Mar 1859. Enclosed: Copies of correspondence regarding complaints by General Whitlock.

73. Mr Edmund Peel, Bonchurch, Isle of Wight, 25 Mar 1859.

74. Major J.A. Moore, Portland Place, London, 26 Mar 1859. Enclosed: Printed testimonials.

75. Hon. J. Oliphant, Wimbledon, 24 Apr 1859. Enclosed: 2 letters regarding Mr Smith’s case.

76. Lord Panmure, 1 May 1859.

77. Sir Robert Montgomery, Lahore, 5 May 1859. Enclosed: Letter from Captain MacDougal re: discontent of European Troops at Meerut.

78. Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government, 9 May 1859.

79. Sir James Outram, 9 May 1859.

80. Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government, 12 May 1859.

81. Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government, 14 May 1859.

82. Captain Connolly Dysart, Delhi, 28 May 1859.

83. Cursetjee Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, Bombay, 2 Jun 1859.

84. Sir James Outram, Jun 1859. [Misidentified in index as Major General Richard J.H. Birch]

85. Edward P. Hathaway, Lincoln’s Inn, London, 18 Jun 1859.

86. Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government, 21 Jun 1859.

87. Major General Sir John B. Hearsey, Barrackpore, 2 Jul 1859.

88. Captain Edwin B. Johnson, Allahabad, 3 Jul 1859.

89. Captain Edwin B. Johnson, Cawnpore, 4 Jul 1859.

89a. Colonel Charles Stuart, Madras, 9 Jul 1859.

89b. Colonel Charles Stuart, Galle, 13 Jul 1859.

90. Captain J.K. Couper, Poosah, 21 Jul 1859.

91. Colonel Charles Stuart, Aden, 25 Jul 1859.

92. Mrs Fanny L. McDermott, Simla, 29 Jul 1859.

93. Sir Charles Wood, 10 Sep 1859. Enclosed: Copy of letter from Mr Thomas Moss.

94. Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Scott Waugh, Surveyor General’s Field Office, 11 Aug 1859. Enclosed: Printed ‘Complimentary Official Letters and Orders of Approval received by Lieutenant Colonel A.S. Waugh, Surveyor General of India’, Roorkee, 1857.

94a. Colonel Charles Stuart, 24 Aug 1859.

95. Major Harry B. Lumsden, Abbottabad, 22 Sep 1859.

95a. Colonel Charles Stuart, Wilcot Manor, 24 Sep 1859. Enclosed: Copy of memo for correction re: discontent amongst European Troops.

96. Lord Sydney, Lord Chamberlain’s Office, 9 Nov 1859.

97. Brigadier General Sir Robert Napier, Agra, 26 Nov 1859.

Collection Area:

India Office Records and Private Papers

Project / Collection:

India Office Private Papers

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003256818
033-003309783
036-003309785
037-003309885
040-003311673

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 F699/1/1/3 : Military Correspondence: Letters Received

Mss Eur F699/1/1/3/11 : Miscellaneous Letters Received by the Governor General: 1858 to 1859

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032-003256818[0001]/033-003309783[0001]/036-003309785[0003]/037-003309885[0011]/040-003311673

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1 volume (132 items + enclosures)

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English

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Latin

Start Date:

1858

End Date:

1859

Date Range:

2 Jan 1858-26 Nov 1859

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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).

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