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Mss Eur F699/1/3/2/7

Record Id:

040-003314660

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003256818

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100032177124.0x000001

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ISAD(G)

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Mss Eur F699/1/3/2/7

Title:

Military Secretary’s Correspondence: Bundle 4, nos. 301 to 350

Scope & Content:

Contains docketed sets of papers numbered 301 to 350, originally in one bundle labelled ‘No. 4. Military Secretary’s Correspondence. Nos. 301 to 400’. Consists of an original letter, or a copy of a letter or memorandum sent to the Military Secretary, with any other papers such as enclosures and copies of replies.

Items 309, 336, 341 and 349 are not on file. Item 316 consists of covering docket only, the original correspondence is not on file.

301. Office memorandum no. 45 by Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government of India Military Department, Camp Bunteerah, 20 Oct 1859.

302. Captain W.C. Russell, Arsenal Office, Fort William, 14 Oct 1859, with invoice for stores. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated 16 Dec 1859.

303. Lieutenant Colonel T.E. Bruce, undated [Oct 1859].

304. Copy of letter from Military Secretary, 19 Oct 1859, to Colonel A.C. Sterling, Military Secretary to the Commander in Chief.

305. Major T. James, Nuwabgunge, 19 Oct 1859. Also memorandum regarding camels.

306. Copy of letter from Military Secretary, 20 Oct 1859, to Captain Frederick S. Roberts.

307. Copy of letter from Military Secretary, 19 Oct 1859, to Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government of India Military Department.

308. Copy of letter from Military Secretary, Governor General’s Camp, Bunteerah, 20 Oct 1859, to Captain M.V.S. Morton.

309. Note ‘no. 309 sent to General Birch, not returned from him’.

310. Lieutenant C.E. Bates, Raneegunge, 16 Oct 1859, enclosing copy of letter from Major T.F. Hobday, Deputy Commissary General, Fort William, 13 Oct 1859.

311. H.W. Spry, Assistant Surgeon, Mount Aboo, 5 Sep 1859. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Governor General’s Camp, 9 Jan 1860.

312. Major A. Bagot, Meerut, 23 Sep 1859.

313. Lieutenant J.P. Turton, Calcutta, 16 Oct 1859. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Camp Futtehghur, 12 Nov 1859.

314. Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government of India Military Department, 8 Oct 1859.

315. Captain G. Delane, 8 Oct 1859.

316. J.F. Shekleton, Calcutta, 15 Oct 1859. Covering docket only, marked ‘transferred to Private Secretary’.

317. R.B. Chapman, Home Department, 17 Oct 1859.

318. Copy of letter from Military Secretary, Governor General’s Camp, Bunteerah, 20 Oct 1859, to Lieutenant C.E. Bates, Raneegunge.

319. Copy of letter from Military Secretary, 20 Oct 1859, to Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government of India Military Department.

320. Copy of office memorandum by Military Secretary, Governor General’s Camp, Bunteerah, 20 Oct 1859, to Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government of India Military Department.

321. Copy of letter from Military Secretary, Governor General’s Camp, Bunteerah, 20 Oct 1859, to Captain G.R. Roberts.

322. Captain Frederick S. Roberts, Camp Sicuree, 17 Oct 1859.

323. Captain Hugh L. Millett, Camp Alum Bagh [Lucknow], 21 Oct 1859.

324. Lieutenant S.D. White, Gwalior, 18 Oct 1859.

325. Copy of office memorandum by Military Secretary, Governor General’s Camp, [La] Martinere [Lucknow], 24 Oct 1859, to Secretary to the Government of India Military Department [Major General Richard J.H. Birch].

326. Office memorandum by Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government of India Military Department, Camp Lucknow, 24 Oct 1859.

327. Colonel A.C. Sterling, Commander in Chief’s Office, Headquarters Camp, Lucknow, 28 Oct 1859.

328. Lieutenant Henry C. Smith, Dinapore, 23 Oct 1859. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Governor General’s Camp, 7 Jan 1860.

329. Major G.W. Boileau, Divisional Commandant Oude Police, Lucknow, 27 Oct 1859. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated 14 Jan 1860.

330. Lieutenant G. Stewart, Lucknow, 26 Oct 1859, enclosing copies of testimonials. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Governor General’s Camp, 7 Jan 1859.

331. Colonel A.C. Sterling, Commander in Chief’s Office, Headquarters, Simla, 7 Oct 1859.

332. Major Henry Le Poer Trench, Galway, 8 Sep 1859 & Ballinasloe, 8 Oct 1859. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Camp Koodagunj [Khudaganj], 11 Nov 1859, and duplicate copy of reply dated 8 Jan 1860.

333. Nominal roll from H.M. 35th Regiment, showing name of Captain M.V.S. Morton as recommended to act as Staff Officer to the Governor General, Cawnpore, 16 Oct 1859.

334. Resaldar Mahomed Bux Khan, Dinapore, 23 Sep 1858. Correspondence sent by Sir James Outram, 31 Jul 1859, including letter from Captain Thomas Watson dated Meerut, 14 Nov 1858 and 22 Nov 1858.

335. Lieutenant Colonel Henry J. Stannus, Meerut, 21 Oct 1859.

336. Note ‘no. 336 left for reference’.

337. Major Charles V. Bowie, Bath, England, 31 Aug 1859.

338. Lieutenant T.E. Hughes, Bunnoo, 17 Oct 1859. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Governor General’s Camp, 8 Jan 1860.

339. Copy of Regimental order by Major W.A.A. Thomson, Commanding Governor General’s Body Guard, Camp Lucknow, 24 Oct 1859.

340. Copy of office memorandum by Military Secretary, Governor General’s Camp [La] Martinere, Lucknow, 28 Oct 1859, to Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government of India Military Department.

342. Captain Ralph Ouseley, Futtehghur, 21 Oct 1859.

343. Lieutenant Colonel E.I. Dickey, Superintendent of Studs, 21 Oct 1859.

344. Thomas S. Isaac, Officiating Civil Architect, Calcutta, 22 Oct 1859. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Camp Koodagunj [Khudaganj], 11 Nov 1859.

345. Lieutenant Henry Vansittart Riddell, Dinapore, 24 Oct 1859. Also copy of Military Secretary’s replay dated Governor General’s Camp, 14 Jan 1860.

346. Telegram from Major A. Bagot, Meerut, 25 Sep 1859, and letter dated Meerut, 24 Oct 1859.

347. Lieutenant Colonel A.C. Robertson, Futtehghur, 24 Oct 1859.

348. Captain M.J. Brander, Deputy Assistant Commissary General, Cawnpore, 24 Oct 1859.

350. Major W.C. Russell, Arsenal Office, Fort William, 20 Oct 1859, including list of stores from the Ordnance Depot forwarded to the Governor General, 14 Oct 1859.

Collection Area:

India Office Records and Private Papers

Project / Collection:

India Office Private Papers

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003256818
033-003309783
036-003313177
037-003314271
040-003314660

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 F699/1/3 : Military Secretary's Office Papers
Mss Eur F699/1/3/2 : Military Secretary: Correspondence Received and Sent

Mss Eur F699/1/3/2/7 : Military Secretary’s Correspondence: Bundle 4, nos. 301 to 350

Hierarchy:

032-003256818[0001]/033-003309783[0003]/036-003313177[0002]/037-003314271[0007]/040-003314660

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F699

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 folder

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1858

End Date:

1860

Date Range:

23 Sep 1858-14 Jan 1860

Era:

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