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Mss Eur F699/1/3/2/27

Record Id:

040-003314711

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003256818

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ark:/81055/vdc_100032240842.0x000001

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Mss Eur F699/1/3/2/27

Title:

Military Secretary’s Correspondence: Bundle 14, nos. 1301 to 1350

Scope & Content:

Contains docketed sets of papers numbered 1301 to 1350, originally in one bundle labelled ‘No. 14. Military Secretary’s Correspondence. Nos. 1301 to 1400’. 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.

Item 1318 is not on file. Items 1308 & 1331 consist of covering dockets only, the original correspondence is not on file.

1301. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House, 19 Jun 1860, to the Superintendent of the Government Stationery, Calcutta, enclosing descriptions of required forms.

1302. Memorandum from A. Chisholm, Superintendent Treasury Simla, 8 Jun 1860. Also copy of Military secretary’s reply dated Government House Calcutta, 20 Jul 1860.

1303. Captain George A.F. Houchen, Chini, 16 Jun 1860, forwarding petition in Persian from Kurrem Buksh Kidmutgur against Mr C.J. McMullen. Also Military Secretary’s notes and draft of letter to Mr McMullen dated 20 Jun 1860.

1304. Captain C.M. Fitzgerald, Deputy Commissary General, Calcutta, 21 Jun 1860, enclosing copies orders relative to his services.

1305. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Calcutta, 20 Jun 1860, to the Deputy Commissioner, Umballa.

1306. Copy letter from Military Secretary, 21 Jun 1860, to Brigadier M. Smith, Commanding Fort William.

1307. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Calcutta, 21 Jun 1860, to William Simpson, Artist, Simla.

1308. Mr H.R. Jackson, Kidderpore, Jun 1860. Covering docket only.

1309. Major Thomas G. St George, Gwalior, 3 Jun 1860.

1310. Lieutenant Colonel J. Hannyngton, Officiating Military Auditor General, Fort William, 12 Jun 1860.

1311. Mr N.A. Chick, 12 May 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House Calcutta, 22 Jun 1860.

1312. Printed Office memorandum by Major H.K. Burne, Assistant Secretary to the Government Military Department, 20 Jun 1860, regarding Private Tobin. Also copy of Office memorandum from Military Secretary in reply dated Government House, 2 Jul 1860.

1313. Major P.A.P. Bouverie, Political Agent, Bhurtpore, 17 Jun 1860, enclosing letter from Captain Le Poer Trench dated Buxar, 10 Jun 1860.

1314. Captain J. Prichard, Editor Delhi Gazette, Agra, 13 Jun 1860, regarding case of Mr Montgomery. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House, 23 Jun 1860.

1315. Lieutenant R.H. De Montmorency, Barrackpore, 18 Jun 1860

1316. Brigadier M. Smith, Commanding Fort William, 20 Jun 1860.

1317. Major J. Hovenden, Executive Engineer, Benares, 23 Jun 1860, enclosing reports relating to the Crystal Throne.

1318. Note ‘1318 not necessary to be sent’.

1319. Mr John S.A.H. Byrne, Chowringhee, 27 Jun 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House, 29 Jun 1860.

1320. Lieutenant W.P. Conolly, Deolee near Nusseerabad [Nasirabad], 11 Jun 1860.

1321. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House, 26 Jun 1860, to Major G. Hutchinson, Officiating Military Secretary to the Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab, Lahore.

1322. Mr H.R. Jackson, Kidderpore, 20 Jun 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated 26 Jun 1860.

1323. Printed memorandum no. 3139 from Captain C.H. Dickens, Officiating Secretary to the Government Department of Public Works, 23 Jun 1860, to Secretary to the Government of India Public Works Department.

1324. Captain J.T. Watson, Meerut, 6 Jun 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House Calcutta, 2 Jul 1860.

1325. Lieutenant Francis D. Ogilvie, Barrackpore, 23 Jun 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House, 2 Jul 1860.

1326. Two letters from Mrs Mary Harriet Bruere, 25 Jun 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House Calcutta, 26 Jun 1860.

1327. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House, 27 Jun 1860, to Colonel Warre, Military Secretary to the Commander in Chief.

1328. Captain John Eliot, Executive Engineer, Barrackpore, 26 May 1860.

1329. Captain John Eliot, Executive Engineer, Barrackpore, 4 Jun 1860.

1330. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House, 27 Jun 1860, to Colonel V. Eyre, Ishapore.

1331. Mrs Elizabeth Shaughnessy, Brisbane, Queensland, 9 May 1860. Covering docket only. Marked ‘Transferred to the Military Department’.

1332. Lieutenant Montagu M. Procter, Fyzabad, 23 Jun 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House, 12 Jul 1860.

1333. Edward Palmer, Director East Indian Railway, Calcutta, 25 Jun 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated 28 Jun 1860.

1334. Edward Palmer, Director East Indian Railway, Calcutta, 29 Jun 1860.

1335. Copy of Office memorandum from Military Secretary, Government House, 28 Jun 1860, to the Secretary to Government of India Military Department, regarding promotion of named Subadars and Jemadars in the Governor General’s Body Guard.

1336. Copy of Office memorandum from Military Secretary, 28 Jun 1860, to the Secretary to Government of India Military Department.

1337. Copy of letter from Military Secretary, 28 Jun 1860, to Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government of India Military Department.

1338. Copy of Office memorandum from Military Secretary, Government House, 28 Jun 1860, to the Secretary to Government of India Military Department.

1339. Major H.L. Thuillier, Deputy Surveyor General, 28 Jun 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House Calcutta, 28 Jun 1860.

1340. Copy of letter from Military Secretary, Government House Calcutta, 28 Jun 1860, to Major W.A.A. Thomson, Commanding Governor General’s Body Guard, Deyrah Dhoon [Dehra Dun or Dehradun]. Includes two Rolls of Jemadar and Havildars recommended for promotion in the Governor General’s Body Guard.

1341. Copy of letter from Military Secretary, Government House, 28 Jun 1860, to the Deputy Post Master, Meerut.

1342. Copy of letter from Military Secretary, Government House, 27 Jun 1860, to Brigadier M. Smith, Commanding Fort William. Also annotated copy of draft of letter.

1343. Messrs S. Wallace Brothers, Proprietors Hill Transit Train, Simla, 18 Jun 1860.

1344. Copy of letter from Military Secretary, 29 Jun 1860, to Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government of India Military Department.

1345. Office memorandum no. 997 from Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government of India Military Department, 28 Jun 1860. Also copy of Office memorandum from Military Secretary in reply dated 2 Jul 1860.

1346. Copy of letter from Military Secretary, 30 Jun 1860, to Brigadier M. Smith, Commanding Fort William.

1347. Mr John S.A.H. Byrne, Calcutta, 30 Jun 1860, 10 Jul 1860, & 12 Sep 1860.

1348. Captain M.R. Nightingale, Fort Adjutant, Fort William, 30 Jun 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House Calcutta, 2 Jul 1860.

1349. Brigadier M. Smith, Commanding Fort William, 30 Jun 1860, enclosing newspaper cutting from The Phoenix.

1350. Captain George G. Anderson, Dum Dum, 31 May 1860, enclosing copies of testimonials.

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
040-003314711

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 F699/1/3/2/27 : Military Secretary’s Correspondence: Bundle 14, nos. 1301 to 1350

Hierarchy:

032-003256818[0001]/033-003309783[0003]/036-003313177[0002]/037-003314271[0027]/040-003314711

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 folder

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1860

End Date:

1860

Date Range:

9 May 1860-12 Sep 1860

Era:

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