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Mss Eur F699/1/3/2/21

Record Id:

040-003314704

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003256818

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ark:/81055/vdc_100032240401.0x000001

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Mss Eur F699/1/3/2/21

Title:

Military Secretary’s Correspondence: Bundle 11, nos. 1001 to 1050

Scope & Content:

Contains docketed sets of papers numbered 1001 to 1050, originally in one bundle labelled ‘No. 11. Military Secretary’s Correspondence. Nos. 1001 to 1100’. 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 1018 & 1033 are not on file. Item 1015 consists of covering dockets only, the original correspondence is not on file.

1001. Copy of Office memorandum from Military Secretary, Simla, 27 Apr 1860, to Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government Military Department.

1002. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Simla, 27 Apr 1860, to Major A. Bagot, Jutag.

1003. G. Paton, Post Master General North West Provinces, Camp Lahore, 25 Apr 1860.

1004. Deputy Post Master, Umballa, 26 Apr 1860.

1005. Copy of Office memorandum from Military Secretary, 27 Apr 1860, to Secretary to Government Military Department.

1006. Lieutenant Colonel J. Laughton, Simla, 27 Apr 1860. Also note by Governor General, and copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated 27 Apr 1860.

1007. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Simla, 27 Apr 1860, to Rev. W.J. Parker, Superintendent Lawrence Military Asylum, Sonawur [Sanawar].

1008. Mrs Gordon, wife of Captain William Gordon, Simla, 26 Apr 1860, enclosing letters of recommendation for her husband. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Simla, 27 Apr 1860.

1009. Sirdar Bahadoor Ressaldar Mohummud [or Mahomed] Buksh Khan, Simla, 26 Apr 1860.

1010. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Simla, 25 Apr 1860, to E. Palmer, Agent East India Railway Company, Calcutta.

1011. Rev. W.J. Parker, Lawrence Military Asylum, Sonawur [Sanawar] near Kussowlie [Kasauli], 29 Apr 1860.

1012. Captain C. Grant, Bolarum, 12 Apr 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Simla, 1 May 1860.

1013. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Simla, 27 Apr 1860, to the Bishop of Calcutta [G.E. Lynch], Simla.

1014. Rev. F.W. Ellis, Chaplain of Umballa, 23 Apr 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Simla, 30 Apr 1860.

1015. Assistant Commissioner, Jullundur. Covering dockets only.

1016. Mr W. Westfield, Government House, Calcutta, 16 Apr 1860.

1017. Mr G. Sullivan, Simla, 21 Apr 1860.

1018. Note ‘No. 1018 Left back for reference’.

1018a. Right Rev. G.E. Lynch, Bishop of Calcutta, Ravenswood, 27 Apr 1860.

1019. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Simla, 27 Apr 1860, to Major W.A.A. Thomson, Commanding Governor General’s Body Guard, Dehra Dhoon [Dehra Dun or Dehradun].

1020. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Simla, 28 Apr 1860, to the Deputy Post Master, Umballa.

1021. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Simla, 29 Apr 1860, to Brigadier, Saint Thomas’s Mount, Madras.

1022. Assistant Commissioner, Simla, 25 Apr 1860.

1022a. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Simla, 30 Apr 1860, to the Assistant Commissioner, Simla.

1023. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Simla, 1 May 1860, to Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government Military Department.

1024. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Simla, 2 May 1860, to [G. Paton], the Post Master General North West Provinces, Lahore. Encloses copy of letter from G. Paton dated Camp Lahore 27 Apr 1860 to the Deputy Post Master, Umballa.

1025. Mr W. Green, Jullundur, 27 Apr 1860.

1026. Assistant Surgeon T. Beaumont, Baitool, 23 Apr 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated 7 Jun 1860.

1027. Lieutenant R.C. Cross, Sehore Malwa, 25 Apr 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated 29 May 1860.

1028. Major W.A.A. Thomson, Commanding Governor General’s Body Guard, Dehra Dhoon [Dehra Dun or Dehradun], 26 Apr 1860.

1029. Major W.A.A. Thomson, Commanding Governor General’s Body Guard, Dehra Dhoon [Dehra Dun or Dehradun], 28 Apr 1860, & 7 Jun 1860.

1030. Ensign Albert Buttner, Quarter Master German Legion, Cape of Good Hope, 15 Feb 1860. Encloses letters of introduction and recommendation.

1031. Major W.H. Ryves, Rawul Pindee, [Rawalpindi], 15 Apr 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Simla, 1 May 1860.

1032. J.H. Ferguson, Calcutta, 17 Apr 1860, enclosing copy of printed circular regarding subscriptions to the Mountstuart Elphinstone Memorial. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Simla, 1 May 1860.

1033. Note ‘No. 1033 left’.

1034. Mr C.J. McMillian, Simla, 20 Apr 1860, forwarding letter of introduction from Brigadier C. MacKenzie dated Berhampore, 30 Nov 1859.

1035. Colonel A. Becher, Quarter Master General, Simla, 23 Apr 1860.

1036. Sain Dutta, Kotewall [Cotwal or Police Officer] of the Governor General’s Camp, Kussowlie [Kasauli], 23 Apr 1860.

1037. Assistant in Charge of the Electric Telegraph Office, Umballa, 23 Apr 1860.

1038. Major T. James, Simla, 30 Apr 1860.

1039. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Simla, 1 May 1860, to the Officiating Military Auditor General, Calcutta, enclosing roll of Officers on the Personal Staff of the Governor General for Apr 1860.

1040. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Simla, 1 May 1860, to Colonel Davidson, Resident at Hyderabad.

1041. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Simla, 2 May 1860, to the Deputy Post Master, Simla.

1042. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Simla, 2 May 1860, to the Deputy Post Master, Umballa.

1043. Major J.A. Moore, 3 Apr 1860.

1044. Draft memorandum from the Military Secretary, Simla, 2 May 1860.

1045. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Simla, 3 May 1860, to James Ross, St Thomas Mount, Madras.

1046. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Simla, 3 May 1860, to Mr Lumby, Parker’s Hotel, Umballa.

1047. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Simla, 3 May 1860, to Colonel Bates, Private Secretary to [Lord Elphinstone] the Governor of Bombay. Also note by the Governor General.

1048. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Simla, 3 May 1860, to Lord William Hay, Simla.

1049. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Simla, 3 May 1860, to Lieutenant T. Lowndes, Officiating Adjutant Pegu.

1050. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Simla, 3 May 1860, to William Anderson, Manager Oriental Bank Corporation, Calcutta.

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
040-003314704

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 F699/1/3/2/21 : Military Secretary’s Correspondence: Bundle 11, nos. 1001 to 1050

Hierarchy:

032-003256818[0001]/033-003309783[0003]/036-003313177[0002]/037-003314271[0021]/040-003314704

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 folder

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1859

End Date:

1860

Date Range:

30 Nov 1859-7 Jun 1860

Era:

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