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Mss Eur F699/1/3/2/39

Record Id:

040-003314725

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003256818

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ark:/81055/vdc_100032246590.0x000001

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Mss Eur F699/1/3/2/39

Title:

Military Secretary’s Correspondence: Bundle 20, nos. 1901 to 1950

Scope & Content:

Contains docketed sets of papers numbered 1901 to 1950, originally in one bundle labelled ‘No. 20. Military Secretary’s Correspondence. Nos. 1901 to 2000’. 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 1908 & 1941 are not on file. Item 1913 consists of covering docket only, the original correspondence is not on file.

1901. Commander F.B. Williamson, Officiating Commander Steamer ‘Teesta’, Barrackpore, 24 Sep 1860.

1902. Lieutenant W.P. Conolly, Nusseerabad, 18 Sep 1860.

1903. Office memorandum from Military Secretary, 28 Sep 1860, to Secretary to Government Foreign Department.

1904. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House Calcutta, 28 Sep 1860, to Dr J. Forsyth, Director General of Hospitals.

1905. Office memorandum from Military Secretary, 28 Sep 1860, to Secretary to Government Military Department [Major General Richard J.H. Birch].

1906. C.U. Aitchison, Under Secretary to Government Foreign Department, 28 Sep 1860. Encloses Office memorandum no. 58 dated 25 Sep 1860, and telegram from Major T. Wheler, Simla, 24 Sep 1860

1907. Lieutenant G.L.K. Hewett, Seonie, 23 Sep 1860, enclosing copies of testimonials. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House Calcutta, 20 Oct 1860.

1908. Note ‘No. 1908 kept in portfolio case’.

1909. Surgeon G.E. Morton, General Hospital, Calcutta, 29 Sep 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Governor General’s Camp, 29 Dec 1860.

1910. Lieutenant E. Holmes Scott, Saugor, 22 Sep 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House Calcutta, 6 Oct 1860.

1911. Lieutenant G.H. Hale, Umballa, 26 Sep 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House, 6 Oct 1860.

1912. Office memorandum no. 45 from Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government Military Department, 1 Oct 1860. Also copy Office memorandum from Military Secretary in reply dated 6 Oct 1860.

1913. Major T. James, Deputy Assistant Commissary General, Calcutta, 27 Sep 1860. Covering docket only. Also Military Secretary’s notes and copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House, 6 Oct 1860, with draft.

1914. Captain F.C. Tombs, Deputy Pay Master, Bengal Club, Calcutta, 28 Sep 1860. Encloses copy of letter from Colonel Sterling dated 18 Aug 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated 6 Oct 1860.

1915. Dr J. Forsyth, Principal Inspector General of the Medical Department, Calcutta, 2 Oct 1860.

1916. Military Secretary, 14 Sep 1860, to Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government Military Department, annotated with Major Birch’s reply, 14 Sep 1860.

1917. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Barrackpore, 3 Oct 1860, to the Chief Commissioner, Lucknow.

1918. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Barrackpore, 3 Oct 1860, to Major Clement Browne, Bombay.

1919. Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government Military Department, Council Chamber Fort William, 3 Oct 1860.

1920. C.U. Aitchison, Under Secretary to Government Foreign Department, Fort William, 2 Oct 1860. Forwards copy of letter from Captain W.F. Marriott, Acting Secretary to Government Bombay dated Poona, 15 Sep 1860.

1921. L.F. Byrne, Civil Architect’s Office, Calcutta, 2 Oct 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House, 12 Oct 1860.

1922. Brigadier General Sir Richmond Shakespear, Indore, 24 Sep 1860, to Lewin Bowring, Private Secretary to the Governor General. Encloses letters from Captain Henry A. Cockburn and Colonel James Travers regarding promotion to Meade’s Horse. Also memorandum from Military Secretary to Private Secretary.

1923. Major General Arthur A.T. Cunynghame, Commanding Sind Division, Kurrachee [Karachi], 18 Sep 1860. Encloses copy of letter from General W.F. Forster, Horse Guards, dated 3 Jan 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House Calcutta, 12 Oct 1860.

1924. Lieutenant C.J.O. FitzGerald, 1 Oct 1860. Forwards two telegrams from Major Mayne.

1925. Lieutenant C.J.O. FitzGerald, Bengal Club [Calcutta], 1 Oct 1860.

1926. Copy letter from Military Secretary, 5 Oct 1860, to Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government Military Department.

1927. Colonel Henry J. Warre, Military Secretary to the Commander in Chief, 1 Oct 1860. Also memorandum from Military Secretary to Governor General.

1928. Captain R.C. Wroughton, Assistant Commissary General, Calcutta, 5 Oct 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Calcutta, 11 Oct 1860.

1929. Copy letter from Military Secretary, 6 Oct 1860, to Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government Military Department.

1930. Lewin B. Bowring, Private Secretary to the Governor General, 30 Sep 1860.

1931. Lieutenant Colonel F. Travers, Royal Artillery, Government House Cape Town, 20 Jun 1860.

1932. Captain Henry Le Poer Trench, Calcutta, 6 Oct 1860.

1933. Captain F.J. Wilson, Mangalore, 18 Sep 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Calcutta, 20 Oct 1860.

1934. Colonel Cuthbert Davidson, Resident, Hyderabad, 26 Sep 1860.

1935. Office memorandum no. 1362 from Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government Military Department, 29 Sep 1860. Also Office memorandum from Military Secretary dated 6 Nov 1860 in reply.

1936. Major H.O. Mayne, Goona, 20 Jul 1860, to Lieutenant C.J.O. FitzGerald.

1937. Captain R.C. Wroughton, Assistant Commissary General, Fort William, 6 Oct 1860. Encloses letter from Lieutenant Burnell dated 11 Sep 1860, and report, concerning Camel Trunks.

1938. Messrs Lazarus & Co, Cabinet Makers, Calcutta, 29 Sep 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Calcutta, 6 Oct 1860.

1939. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House, 5 Oct 1860, to Lieutenant Matheson.

1940. Draft letter from Military Secretary, undated [Sep 1860], to Lieutenant General Sir Hugh Rose, Commander in Chief. Also copy of Governor General’s memorandum regarding General Court Martials for men of the 5th European Regiment for making disturbances.

1942. S. Wallace, Proprietor of Hill Train, Simla, 1 Oct 1860.

1943. Captain H.C. James, Department of Public Works, Rampore Bouleah, 1 Oct 1860.

1944. Lieutenant George Hale. Simla, 1 Oct 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Barrackpore, 8 Oct 1860.

1945. Major General Sir Sydney Cotton, Camp near Murree, 16 Sep 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House Calcutta, 5 Oct 1860.

1946. Office memorandum no. 94 from Military Department, 2 Oct 1860. Also Office memorandum from Military Secretary in reply dated 6 Oct 1860.

1947. Major C.H. Barchard, Remount Depot, Kurnal, 5 Oct 1860. Encloses copy of letter from Colonel Dickey. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated River Steamer 'Juboonah', 26 Nov 1860.

1948. Major R.J. Edgell, Deputy Pay Master Benares Division, London, 1 Sep 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House, 13 Oct 1860.

1949. Lieutenant Colonel F. Travers, Royal Artillery, Cape Town, 20 Aug 1860. Encloses papers concerning his application for the Order of the Bath. Also memorandum from Military Secretary to the Governor General dated 9 Sep 1860, and copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Governor General’s Camp, 27 Dec 1860.

1950. Captain D. Osborn, Calcutta, 10 Sep 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
040-003314725

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 F699/1/3/2/39 : Military Secretary’s Correspondence: Bundle 20, nos. 1901 to 1950

Hierarchy:

032-003256818[0001]/033-003309783[0003]/036-003313177[0002]/037-003314271[0039]/040-003314725

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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:

20 Jun 1860-29 Dec 1860

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WYL250/9/136/1901-1950

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