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Mss Eur F699/1/3/2/34

Record Id:

040-003314720

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003256818

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ark:/81055/vdc_100032246067.0x000001

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Mss Eur F699/1/3/2/34

Title:

Military Secretary’s Correspondence: Bundle 17, nos. 1651 to 1700

Scope & Content:

Contains docketed sets of papers numbered 1651 to 1700, originally in one bundle labelled ‘No. 17. Military Secretary’s Correspondence. Nos. 1601 to 1700’. 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 1662, 1674, 1675 & 1676 are not on file. Item 1666 consists of covering docket only, the original correspondence is not on file.

1651. Lieutenant W.B. Gifford, Mussoorie, 6 Aug 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House Calcutta, 15 Aug 1860.

1652. Copy letter from Military Secretary, 15 Aug 1860, to Brigadier M. Smith Commanding Fort William.

1653. Major Mowbray Thomson, Commanding Cawnpore Police, 10 Aug 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House Calcutta, 15 Aug 1860.

1654. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House, 15 Aug 1860, to Colonel Arthur P. Phayre, Commissioner of Pegu.

1655. Brigadier M. Smith Commanding Fort William, 15 Aug 1860.

1656. Surgeon Major Edward Campbell, Garrison Surgeon Fort William, 16 Aug 1860, enclosing copy of his letter to Brigadier M. Smith dated 15 Aug 1860.

1657. Brigadier M. Smith Commanding Fort William, 16 Aug 1860.

1658. Two letters from Surgeon Major Edward Campbell, Garrison Surgeon Fort William, 16 Aug 1860

1659. Brigadier M. Smith Commanding Fort William, 16 Aug 1860.

1660. Brigadier M. Smith Commanding Fort William, 17 Aug 1860.

1661. Printed ‘Proceedings of a Meeting of the Fort William Special Committee, held at the Public Works Office… 7th July 1860’.

1663. Copy of Office memorandum from Military Secretary, 16 Aug 1860, to Deputy Secretary to Government Public Works Department.

1664. Copy letter from Military Secretary, 16 Aug 1860, to Brigadier M. Smith Commanding Fort William.

1665. W.R. Gilbert Hickey, Resident Engineer East Indian Railway Company, 15 Aug 1860. Encloses copy of printed pamphlet Manufacture of Hydrogen Gas, and its Application to the Lighting of Streets and Buildings by W.R. Gilbert Hickey (London: J.E. Adland, 1859). Also note by Military secretary on lighting Fort William, and copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House Calcutta, 17 Aug 1860.

1666. Colonel Henry J. Warre, Military Secretary to the Commander in Chief, 17 Aug 1860. Covering docket only, marked ‘Transferred to Private Secretary’.

1667. Assistant Surgeon T. E. Burton Brown, Medical College Hospital, 17 Aug 1860, enclosing printed copy of testimonials.

1668. Copy letter from Military Secretary, 17 Aug 1860, to Brigadier M. Smith Commanding Fort William.

1668a. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House, 18 Aug 1860, to George Landseer, Poonah [Poona, now Pune]. Also draft copy of letter.

1669. Mr D. Blenman, Lucknow, 13 Aug 1860.

1670. Copy letter from Military Secretary, 18 Aug 1860, to Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government of India Military Department regarding Mr D. Blenman. Also memoranda, notes and correspondence regarding Mr Blenman, dated 18 Aug 1860 to 5 Sep 1860.

1671. Dr J. Forsyth, Principal Inspector General, 16 Aug 1860.

1672. Printed letter no. 4232 from Captain C.H. Dickens, Officiating Secretary to Government Public Works Department, Fort William, 20 Aug 1860, to the Secretary to the Government of Bengal in the Public Works Department.

1673. Dr John Brown, Segowlie, 13 Aug 1860, enclosing testimonials. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House, 20 Aug 1860.

1677. Surgeon Major Edward Campbell, Fort William, undated [Aug 1860].

1678. Mrs Isabella Fitzsimons, Pine Grove, Simla, 7 Aug 1860.

1679. Major W.A.A. Thomson, Commanding Governor General’s Body Guard, Dehra Dhoon [Dehra Dun or Dehradun], 10 Aug 1860.

1680. Copy letter from Military Secretary, 21 Aug 1860, to Brigadier M. Smith Commanding Fort William.

1681. Copy letter from Military Secretary, 20 Aug 1860, to A.R. Young, Officiating Secretary to Government Foreign Department.

1682. Copy letter from Military Secretary, 20 Aug 1860, to Edward Campbell, Garrison Surgeon Fort William.

1683. Copy letter from Military Secretary, 20 Aug 1860, to Colonel Henry J. Warre, Military Secretary to the Commander in Chief.

1684. Copy letter from Military Secretary, 20 Aug 1860, to Lieutenant J. Hartley, Fort William.

1685. Copy letter from Military Secretary, 21 Aug 1860, to Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government of India Military Department.

1686. Copy of Office memorandum from Military Secretary, 21 Aug 1860, to Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government of India Military Department.

1687. Major R.H. Sankey, Garrison Engineer, Fort William, 16 Aug 1860.

1688. Brigadier M. Smith Commanding Fort William, 21 Aug 1860.

1689. Copy letter from Military Secretary, 21 Aug 1860, to Brigadier M. Smith Commanding Fort William.

1690. Brigadier M. Smith Commanding Fort William, 21 Aug 1860.

1691. Copy letter from Military Secretary, 21 Aug 1860, to Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government of India Military Department.

1692. Assistant Surgeon J. Elliot, Barrackpore, 18 Aug 1860. Also Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House, Calcutta, 20 Aug 1860.

1693. Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government of India Military Department, 2 Aug 1860.

1694. George Remfry, 22 Aug 1860.

1695. Copy of Office memorandum from Military Secretary, 21 Aug 1860, to Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government of India Military Department.

1696. Printed circular letter from Thomas Wilton, Manager Oriental Gas Company Limited, Calcutta, 13 Aug 1860.

1697. Captain Frederick C. Tombs, Deputy Pay Master, undated [Aug 1860]. Also copy of testimonial letter from E. Drummond dated 7 Aug 1860, and copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House, 25 Aug 1860.

1698. Printed letter no. 4257 from Captain C.H. Dickens, Officiating Secretary to Government Public Works Department, Fort William, 20 Aug 1860, to the Secretary to the Government of Bengal in the Public Works Department. Also copy of letter from Major R.H. Sankey, Officiating Garrison Engineer dated Fort William, 19 Jun 1860, to Brigadier M. Smith Commanding Fort William. Also Minute by Garrison Surgeon Edward Campbell, to be appended to Proceedings of a Committee, Jun 1860.

1699. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House, 23 Aug 1860, to Rev Anastasius Hartmann, Bishop Vicar Apostolic, Patna.

1700. Office memorandum from Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government of India Military Department, 18 Aug 1860.

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
040-003314720

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 F699/1/3/2/34 : Military Secretary’s Correspondence: Bundle 17, nos. 1651 to 1700

Hierarchy:

032-003256818[0001]/033-003309783[0003]/036-003313177[0002]/037-003314271[0034]/040-003314720

Container:

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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:

13 Jun 1860-25 Aug 1860

Era:

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