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Mss Eur F699/1/3/2/37

Record Id:

040-003314723

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003256818

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ark:/81055/vdc_100032246429.0x000001

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Mss Eur F699/1/3/2/37

Title:

Military Secretary’s Correspondence: Bundle 19, nos. 1801 to 1850

Scope & Content:

Contains docketed sets of papers numbered 1801 to 1850, originally in one bundle labelled ‘No. 19. Military Secretary’s Correspondence. Nos. 1801 to 1900’. 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 1808a, 1825 & 1847 are not on file. Items 1810, 1812 & 1849 consist of covering dockets only, the original correspondence is not on file.

1801. E.P. Hathaway, Honorary Secretary Lawrence Military Asylum Fund, London, 3 Aug 1860. Also copies of letters from Military Secretary, Calcutta, dated 30 July 1859 & 17 Sep 1860, together with Military Secretary’s draft notes.

1802. Mr John S.A.H. Byrne, Calcutta, 11 Sep 1860.

1803. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House, 11 Sep 1860, to Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government Military Department.

1804. Copy letter from Military Secretary to Major General Richard J.H. Birch, 11 Sep 1860, Secretary to Government Military Department.

1805. Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government Military Department, 11 Sep 1860.

1806. Office memorandum from Military Secretary, 12 Sep 1860, to Secretary to Government Military Department [Major General Richard J.H. Birch].

1807. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House Calcutta, 12 Sep 1860, to Colonel Henry J. Warre, Military Secretary to the Commander in Chief, Barrackpore.

1808. Copy letter from Military Secretary, 12 Sep 1860, to Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government Military Department.

1808a. Note ‘Kept in Portfolio Case, Separate’.

1809. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Calcutta, 12 Sep 1860, to the Military Secretary to the Government of the Punjab.

1810. Captain J. Tireman, Sub Assistant Commissary General, Singapore, 18 Aug 1860. Covering docket only, marked ‘Transferred to Military Department’. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House, Calcutta, 12 Sep 1860.

1811. Brigadier M. Smith. Commanding Fort William, 6 Sep 1860.

1812. Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government Military Department, 12 Sep 1860. Covering docket and note from Military Secretary only.

1813. Colonel Henry J. Warre, Military Secretary to the Commander in Chief, Barrackpore, 8 Sep 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated 12 Sep 1860.

1814. Captain J. White, Governor General’s State Boat Establishment, 10 Sep 1860.

1815. Mrs Augusta Ritchie, 10 Sep 1860.

1816. Brigadier M. Smith. Commanding Fort William, 29 Aug 1860. Encloses copies of correspondence regarding appointments of Brigade Majors at Fort William.

1817. Major Henry F.M. Boisragon, Ventnor Isle of White, England, 25 Jul 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House Calcutta, 13 Sep 1860.

1818. Brigadier M. Smith. Commanding Fort William, 14 Sep 1860.

1819. Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government Military Department, 13 Sep 1860.

1820. Major James F. Tennant, [Government Astronomer], Madras Observatory, 6 Sep 1860. Encloses printed extract of Proceedings of the Madras Government regarding his successor.

1821. Captain R.C. Wroughton, Assistant Commissary General, 13 Sep 1860.

1822. Copy letter from Military Secretary, 13 Sep 1860, to Archibald R. Young, Officiating Secretary to Government Foreign Department.

1823. Copy letter from Military Secretary, 14 Sep 1860, to Major A.C. Plowden, Private Secretary to the Hon. the Lieutenant Governor of Bengal.

1824. Lieutenant H.L. Hawkins, 13 Sep 1860.

1826. Ensign J.G. Cloete, 28 Aug 1860.

1827. Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government Military Department, 13 Sep 1860. Copy of letter no. 554 sent to Captain Tireman, Sub Assistant Commissary General, Madras Establishment, Singapore, forwarded to Military Secretary.

1828. R.C. Chandra, Assistant Surgeon, Umritsur [Amritsar], 4 Sep 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House Calcutta, 15 Sep 1860.

1829. Colonel Henry J. Warre, Military Secretary to the Commander in Chief, Barrackpore, 14 Sep 1860.

1830. Brevet Major R.C. Gernon, Raneegunge, 15 Sep 1860. Encloses copy of testimonial letter from Major General Sir Robert Napier, originally dated 15 Feb 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Calcutta, 20 Oct 1860.

1831. Lieutenant W.P. Conolly, Deolee [Deoli] near Nusseerabad, 6 Sep 1860.

1832. Lieutenant Colonel G. Williams, Commanding Military Police, Allahabad, 11 Sep 1860.

1833. Mr D. Blenman, Lucknow, 13 Sep 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Calcutta, 20 Oct 1860.

1834. Major G. Hutchinson, Officiating Secretary to the Government of the Punjab, 4 Sep 1860.

1835. Lieutenant Francis D. Ogilvie, Fort William, 16 Sep 1860.

1836. Copy of Office memorandum from Military Secretary, 15 Sep 1860, to Secretary to Government Military Department [Major General Richard J.H. Birch].

1837. Printed Office memorandum no. 618 from Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government Military Department, 14 Sep 1860. Also Office memorandum from Military Secretary in reply, dated 15 Sep 1860.

1838. Captain John Eliot, Executive Engineer, Barrackpore, 14 Sep 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated 15 Sep 1860.

1839. Captain C.K.M. Walter, Camp Machulpore, 4 Sep 1860.

1840. Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government Military Department, 17 Sep 1860. Includes note from Governor General.

1841. Office memorandum no. 701 from Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government Military Department, 17 Sep 1860.

1842. Lieutenant J.P. Turton, Simla, 26 Aug 1860.

1843. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Calcutta, 18 Sep 1860, to Mr J.A. Cockburn.

1844. Office memorandum from Military Secretary, 17 Sep 1860, to the Under Secretary to the Government Military Department.

1845. Office memorandum from Military Secretary, 18 Sep 1860, to the Secretary to the Government Military Department [Major General Richard J.H. Birch].

1846. Captain E.W. Cox, Seetapore, 6 Sep 1860. Also letter from Cox to Mr Lewis dated 6 Sep 1860, and covering letter from Lewis dated 17 Sep 1860 forwarding it to Military Secretary.

1847. Note ‘No. 1847 Left in Calcutta for Reference’.

1847a. Mr F.U. Coxen, Ghazeeabad [Ghaziabad] near Delhi, 24 Sep 1860. Encloses several letters to support his application.

1848. Captain F.W. Fremantle, Brigade Major, Fort William, undated [Sep 1860].

1849. Surgeon William K. Swettenham, Fort William, 17 Sep 1860. Covering docket only.

1850. Captain Charles E. Taylor, Bangalore, 20 Aug 1860. Encloses letter from Sir Mark Cubbon dated 1 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
040-003314723

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 F699/1/3/2/37 : Military Secretary’s Correspondence: Bundle 19, nos. 1801 to 1850

Hierarchy:

032-003256818[0001]/033-003309783[0003]/036-003313177[0002]/037-003314271[0037]/040-003314723

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:

25 Jul 1860-20 Oct 1860

Era:

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WYL250/9/136/1801-1850

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