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Mss Eur F699/1/3/2/26

Record Id:

040-003314710

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003256818

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100032240732.0x000001

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Mss Eur F699/1/3/2/26

Title:

Military Secretary’s Correspondence: Bundle 13, nos. 1251 to 1300

Scope & Content:

Contains docketed sets of papers numbered 1251 to 1300, originally in one bundle labelled ‘No. 13. Military Secretary’s Correspondence. Nos. 1201 to 1300’. 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 1254, 1260, 1272 & 1287 are not on file. Items 1263, 1266, 1270, 1281 & 1294 consist of covering dockets only, the original correspondence is not on file.

1251. Lieutenant Colonel C.H. Dickens, 7 Jun 1860.

1252. Captain George Swiney, Bundlecund, 6 Jun 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated 15 Jun 1860.

1253. Captain Hugh R. James, Peshawur [Peshawar], 4 Jun 1860.

1254. Note ‘1254 Left back for reference’.

1255. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House, 12 Jun 1860, to Captain R. Rennie, Superintendent of Marine, Calcutta. Also copy of Roll for medal and copy of certificate relating to Sergeant George Savage.

1256. Mr C. Rose, Raneegunge, 11 Jun 1860.

1257. Major H.E.L. Thuillier, Deputy Surveyor General, 11 Jun 1860.

1258. Assistant Surgeon P. O’Brien, Saugor, 8 Jun 1860, enclosing testimonials. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Calcutta, 18 Jun 1860.

1259. Captain George G. Anderson, Dum Dum, 11 Jun 1860.

1260. Note ‘No. 1260 Left back’.

1261. Copy letter from Military Secretary, 14 Jun 1860,to Lieutenant Colonel Apperley.

1262. Copy letter from Military Secretary, 13 Jun 1860, to Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government Military Department.

1263. Lieutenant Colonel Sir James Hope Grant, Commanding Expedition to China, 12 May 1860. Covering docket and abstract of letter only.

1264. Major General Sir John B. Hearsey, Barrackpore, 13 Jun 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House Calcutta, 14 Jun 1860.

1265. Major C.S. Lemarchand, Lahore, 8 Jun 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated 25 Jun 1860.

1266. Lieutenant R.C.W. Mitford, 6 Jun 1860. Covering docket only. Marked ‘Transferred to Military Secretary to C in C [Commander in Chief]’.

1267. Charles U. Aitchison, Under Secretary to the Government Foreign Department, May 1860. Consists of bills for Dak expenses.

1268. Copy of Office memorandum from Military Secretary, Government House, 14 Jun 1860, to the Secretary to Government Foreign Department.

1269. Copy letter from Military Secretary, 14 Jun 1860, to Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government Military Department.

1269a. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House Calcutta, 14 Jun 1860, to Major W.C. Russell, Commissary of Ordnance, Calcutta.

1270. Lieutenant S.H.E. Chamier, Kingolee, 31 May 1860. Covering docket only. Marked ‘Transferred to the Military Department’.

1271. Major General Sir John B. Hearsey, Barrackpore, 11 Jun 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House, 12 Jun 1860, with draft copy of reply.

1272. Note ‘No 1272 Left back for reference’.

1273. Copy letter from Military Secretary, 16 Jun 1860, to Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government Military Department.

1274. Copy of Office memorandum no. 399 from Major F.D. Atkinson, Deputy Secretary to Government Military Department, 9 Jun 1860. Also copy of Office memorandum from Military Secretary, 15 Jun 1860, to Secretary to Government Military Department.

1275. Copy of Office memorandum no. 426 from Captain B.E. Bacon, Assistant Secretary to Government Military Department, 9 Jun 1860 forwarding correspondence from Edmund Drummond, Accountant General, and Captain A. Hunter, Benares.

1276. Copy of Office memorandum from Military Secretary, 15 Jun 1860, to Secretary to Government Military Department.

1277. Lieutenant Kendal Coghill, Delhi, 3 Jun 1860.

1278. Copy of Office memorandum from Military Secretary, Government House, 15 Jun 1860, to Secretary to Government Military Department.

1279. Mrs Sophia Richardson, Calcutta, 11 Jun 1860.

1280. Captain H. Le Poer Trench, Buxar, 12 Jun 1860, enclosing testimonials and statement of services.

1281. Note ‘No 1281 Left back for Reference’.

1282. Mr J. Francis Dias, Calcutta, 18 Jun 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House, 14 Jul 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House Calcutta, 18 Jul 1859.

1283. Captain H. Le Poer Trench, Buxar, 14 Jun 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated 25 Jun 1860.

1284. Lieutenant W.P. Conolly, Deloee near Nusseerabad, 10 Jun 1860, enclosing letter from Sir Richmond Shakespear dated Indore, 4 June 1860. Also copy of letter from Major W.F. Eden to R. Simson, Under Secretary to the Government of India, originally dated 15 Oct 1859. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated 22 Jun 1860.

1285. Captain R.C. Cross, Sehore Malwa, 9 Jun 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House Calcutta, 18 Jun 1860.

1286. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House Calcutta, 14 Jun 1860, to Major General Sir Sydney Cotton, Commanding Peshawur [Peshawar] Division. Also draft copy of letter.

1287. Note ‘1287 Left’.

1288. Copy letter from Military Secretary, 18 Jun 1860, to William Grey, Secretary to Government Home Department.

1289. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House Calcutta, 9 Jun 1860, to Captain John Eliot, Executive Engineer, Barrackpore.

1290. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House, 16 Jun 1860, to Brigadier M. Smith, Commanding Fort William.

1291. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House Calcutta, 14 Jun 1860, to Lieutenant General Sir Patrick Grant, Commander in Chief Madras Army.

1292. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House Calcutta, 16 Jun 1860, to Major General Sir Sydney Cotton, Commanding Peshawur [Peshawar] Division. Also draft copy of letter.

1293. E.G. Brandreth, Commissioner, Delhi, 13 Jun 1860.

1294. Captain John Eliot, Executive Engineer, Barrackpore, 16 Jun 1860. Covering docket only.

1295. Copy letter from Military Secretary, 16 Jun 1860, to Major Sankey, Garrison Engineer, Fort William.

1296. Copy of Office memorandum from Military Secretary, Government House, 16 Jun 1860, to Officiating Secretary to Government Public Works Department.

1297. Copy of Office memorandum from Military Secretary, 18 Jun 1860, to Secretary to Government Military Department.

1298. Copy of Office memorandum from Military Secretary, Government House, 18 Jun 1860, to Secretary to Government Foreign Department.

1299. Printed memorandum from Major S.H. Becher, Adjutant General’s Office, Calcutta, 18 Jun 1860, requesting corrections to the Army List.

1300. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House, 19 Jun 1860, to the Officer in charge of the Treasury, Simla.

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
040-003314710

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 F699/1/3/2/26 : Military Secretary’s Correspondence: Bundle 13, nos. 1251 to 1300

Hierarchy:

032-003256818[0001]/033-003309783[0003]/036-003313177[0002]/037-003314271[0026]/040-003314710

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:

18 Jul 1859-14 Jul 1860

Era:

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