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Mss Eur F699/1/3/2/38

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040-003314724

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003256818

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Mss Eur F699/1/3/2/38

Title:

Military Secretary’s Correspondence: Bundle 19, nos. 1851 to 1900

Scope & Content:

Contains docketed sets of papers numbered 1851 to 1900, 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.

Item 1871 is not on file. Items 1869, 1876, 1890 & 1891 consist of covering dockets only, the original correspondence is not on file.

1851. Major G.N. Greene, Officiating Fort Adjutant, Fort William, 6 Sep 1860.

1852. Major G.N. Greene, Officiating Fort Adjutant, Fort William, 5 Sep 1860.

1853. Office memorandum no. 729 from Major F.D. Atkinson, Deputy Secretary to the Government Military Department, 18 Sep 1860. Also memorandum from the Military Secretary to the Governor General, and Office memorandum from the Military Secretary dated 19 Sep 1860 in reply.

1854. L. Berkeley, Assistant Commissioner, Delhi, 6 Aug 1860.

1855. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Barrackpore, 19 Sep 1860, to Captain John Eliot, Executive Engineer, Barrackpore.

1856. Captain Henry Le Poer Trench, Officiating Sub-Assistant Stud Department, Calcutta, 18 Sep 1860, enclosing letter from Superintendent of Buxar Stud regarding his services.

1857. Captain Andrew Hunter, Officiating Deputy Pay Master, Benares, 18 Sep 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House Calcutta, 28 Sep 1860.

1858. Assistant Surgeon P. O’Brien, Medical Store Keeper, Saugor, 12 Sep 1860.

1859. Petition of Bajkhan Sota Burdar for leave, undated [1860].

1860. Major James F. Tennant, [Government Astronomer], Madras Observatory, 3 Sep 1860.

1861. Venerable Archdeacon John Henry Pratt, 24 Aug 1860. Enclosed two printed papers: On the Influence of Mountain Attraction on the determination of the relative heights of Mount Everest, near Darjeeling, and the lofty peak lately discovered near Kashmir by J.H. Pratt, Calcutta, 21 Jul 1859, and On the Deflection of the Plumb-line in India, caused by the Attraction of the Himalaya Mountains and of the elevated regions beyond; and its modification by the compensating effect of a Deficiency of Matter below the Mountain Mass. By the Venerable John Henry Pratt M.A., Archdeacon of Calcutta, 25 Oct 1858.

1862. Major H.L. Thuillier, 24 Aug 1860.

1863. Captain C.E. Taylor, Bangalore, 5 Sep 1860.

1864. Major W. Haslewood, Invalid Establishment, Calcutta, 25 Sep 1860 & 3 Oct 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House Calcutta, 6 Oct 1860.

1865. Lieutenant C. Martin, Cawnpore , 17 Sep 1860.

1866. Lieutenant Colonel William T. Hughes, Punjab Cavalry, Murree, 12 Sep 1860. Also memorandum from the Military Secretary to the Governor General, and copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Calcutta, 12 Oct 1860.

1867. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House Calcutta, 22 Sep 1860, to the Bishop of Calcutta [George Cotton], Simla.

1868. Major General Sir J. Inglis, Brighton [England], 15 Aug 1860, enclosing letter from Lord Lyttleton regarding the Cawnpore Memorial Church.

1869. Hossain Khan, Duftorey [Duftery or Office Keeper] of Military Secretary’s Office, 22 Sep 1860. Covering docker only, marked ‘Transferred to the Private Secretary’.

1870. Copy letter from Military Secretary, 22 Sep 1860, to Major W.A.A. Thomson, Commanding Military Secretary’s Body Guard, Dhera Dhoon [Dehra Dun or Dehradun].

1872. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Barrackpore, 24 Sep 1860, to Major Eden, Governor General’s Agent, Rajpootana.

1873. Colonel Henry J. Warre, Military Secretary to the Commander in Chief, Barrackpore, 24 Sep 1860.

1874. Mr R.W. Coxen, Simla, 18 Sep 1860.

1875. Major G. Hutchinson, Officiating Secretary to the Government of the Punjab, Murree, 14 Sep 1860.

1876. Brigadier General Sir Richmond Shakespear, Governor General’s Agent, Indore, 13 Sep 1860. Covering docket only, marked ‘Transferred to Military Department’.

1877. Lieutenant W.D. Macturk, Fort William, 25 Sep 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House, 27 Sep 1860.

1878. Brevet Captain E.W. Dun, Ellichpore, 14 Sep 1860, enclosing extracts of Regimental Orders by Colonel W.G. White originally dated 19 Apr 1854. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated 29 Oct 1860.

1879. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Barrackpore, 24 Sep 1860, to Captain J. Rennie, Superintendent of Marine, Calcutta.

1880. Captain R.C. Wroughton, Assistant Commissary General, Fort William, 22 Sep 1860.

1881. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Barrackpore, 25 Sep 1860, to Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government Military Department.

1882. Lieutenant W.P. Conolly, Central India Horse, Nusseerabad, 19 Sep 1860.

1883. Captain Hugh L. Millett, Murree, 19 Sep 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated 20 Oct 1860.

1884. L.F. Byrne, Civil Architect’s Office Calcutta, 25 Sep 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Calcutta, 6 Oct 1860.

1885. Major S.H. Becher, Assistant Adjutant General of the Army, 24 Sep 1860.

1886. Copy letter from Military Secretary, 26 Sep 1860, to Edward Palmer, Agent East Indian Railway Company.

1887. George Wagentrieber, Simla, 19 Sep 1860.

1888. Mr J. Francis Dias, Calcutta, 19 Sep 1860, with copy. Also printed letter no. 681 from Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government Military Department, dated Council Chamber Fort William, 15 Sep 1860.

1889. Veterinary Surgeon R.J.G. Hurford, Mhow, 13 Sep 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House Calcutta, 27 Sep 1860.

1890. C. Wingfield, Chief Commissioner of Oude, Lucknow, 11 Sep 1860. Covering docket only. Also memorandum from Military Secretary to the Governor General, and copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Barrackpore, 4 Oct 1860.

1891. Colonel E. Haythorne, Adjutant General of Her Majesty’s Forces in India, 22 Sep 1860. Covering docket only, marked ‘Transferred to Military Deptartment’.

1892. Major W.A.A. Thomson, Commanding Governor General’s Body Guard, Dehra [Dehra Dun or Dehradun], 20 Sep 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House, 28 Sep 1860.

1893. Printed Memorandum from Major S.H. Becher, Officiating Adjutant General of the Army, 27 Sep 1860, requesting corrections to the Army List.

1894. Copy office memorandum from Military Secretary, 27 Sep 1860, to Colonel Henry J. Warre, Military Secretary to the Commander in Chief.

1895. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House Calcutta, 28 Sep1860, to Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government Military Department.

1896. Memorandum no 1089 from Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government Military Department, Council Chamber Fort William, 25 Sep 1860.

1897. Mr J. Francis Dias, Calcutta, 28 Sep 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Calcutta, 12 Oct 1860.

1898. Captain J. Rennie, Superintendent of Marine, Calcutta, 28 Sep 1860.

1899. Office memorandum from Military Secretary, 28 Sep 1860, to Officiating Secretary to Government Foreign Department.

1900. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House, 28 Sep 1860, to Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government Military Department.

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
040-003314724

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 F699/1/3/2/38 : Military Secretary’s Correspondence: Bundle 19, nos. 1851 to 1900

Hierarchy:

032-003256818[0001]/033-003309783[0003]/036-003313177[0002]/037-003314271[0038]/040-003314724

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 folder

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Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1860

End Date:

1860

Date Range:

6 Aug 1860-29 Oct 1860

Era:

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WYL250/9/136/1851-1900

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