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Mss Eur F699/1/3/2/40

Record Id:

040-003314726

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003256818

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100032246681.0x000001

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ISAD(G)

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Mss Eur F699/1/3/2/40

Title:

Military Secretary’s Correspondence: Bundle 20, nos. 1951 to 2000

Scope & Content:

Contains docketed sets of papers numbered 1951 to 2000, 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 1967, 1975, 1982 & 1995 consist of covering dockets only, the original correspondence is not on file.

1951. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Barrackpore, 10 Oct 1860, to Major Ross, Assistant Adjutant General, Barrackpore.

1952. Office memorandum from Military Secretary, 11 Oct 1860, to Under Secretary to Government Foreign Department.

1953. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House Calcutta, 11 Oct 1860, to G. Turnbull, Chief Engineer East Indian Railway Company.

1954. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Barrackpore, 10 Oct 1860, to Lieutenant Matheson, Calcutta.

1955. Copy letter from Military Secretary to W. Aitcheson, Under Secretary to Government Foreign Department.

1956. Printed Office memorandum no. 466 from Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government Military Department, 9 Oct 1860. Encloses letter from Colonel J.D. Kennedy, Benares, 25 Jul 1860.

1957. Major George N. Greene, Officiating Fort Adjutant, Fort William, 29 Sep 1860.

1958. Extract of letter from Lieutenant F. Campbell, China, 23-25 Jul 1860.

1959. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House, 12 Oct 1860, to the Officiating Military Auditor General, Calcutta.

1959a. Lieutenant General Sir J. Hope Grant, Commanding the Forces in China, Takoo [Taku] Forts, 24 Aug 1860. Encloses copies of letters relating to the attack on the Peiho Forts, and copy of a memorandum by General Montauban regarding a difference in opinion in regard to the plan of attack. Also coloured map showing the Forts and local area by Lieutenant Colonel G. Moberley.

1960. Captain R. Cogan Cross, Sehore Malwa, 4 Oct 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House Calcutta, 8 Nov 1860.

1961. Lieutenant John S.A.H. Byrne, Calcutta, 12 Oct 1860.

1962. Mrs Henrietta Coxen, undated [Oct 1860].

1963. Major Becher, Quarter Master General, 10 Oct 1860.

1964. Captain G. Allgood, Deputy Assistant Quarter Master General, Camp on Peiho [China], 25 Aug 1860. Encloses sketch map of operations on the Pehtang and Peiho rivers.

1965. Major W.A.A. Thomson, Commanding Governor General’s Body Guard, undated [Oct 1860].

1966. Major W.A.A. Thomson, Commanding Governor General’s Body Guard, 6 Oct 1860.

1967. Lieutenant C. McInroy, Banda, 5 Oct 1860. Covering docket only, marked ‘Transferred to the Military Department’.

1968. Lord William Hay, Deputy Commissioner of the Punjab, Simla, 2 Oct 1860. Encloses list of expenditure on the Governor General’s account.

1969. Copy letter from Military Secretary, 12 Oct 1860, to Colonel Haythorne, Adjutant General.

1970. Copy letter from Military Secretary, 13 Oct 1860, to Secretary to Government Military Department [Major General Richard J.H. Birch].

1971. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Calcutta, 12 Oct 1860, to the Superintendent of the Alipore Jail Press, Alipore.

1972. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Calcutta, 12 Oct 1860, to the Superintendent of the Electric Telegraph, Calcutta.

1973. Copy letter from Military Secretary, 12 Oct 1860, to Captain H. Lewis, Officiating Inspector General of Ordnance, Calcutta.

1974. Assistant Surgeon Thomas Farquhar, Calcutta, 15 Oct 1860.

1975. Extract of General Order from the Adjutant General’s Office, Her Majesty’s Forces in India, 15 Oct 1860. Covering docket only. Also copy of note by Military Secretary regarding mistake in the Order, dated 18 Oct 1860.

1975a. Major General Sir Robert Napier, Commanding 2nd Division China Force, Camp Tangkoo, 28 Aug 1860. Encloses copies of his reports regarding the attack on the Peiho Forts, including list of distinguished officers. Also coloured sketch map of the country adjoining the Takoo [Taku] Forts, showing advance of the allied forces, 1-21 Aug 1860.

1976. Captain R.C. Wroughton, Assistant Commissary General, Fort William, 15 Oct 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House Calcutta, 19 Oct 1860.

1977. A. Ross, Officiating Commissioner, Agra, 10 Oct 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated 6 Nov 1860.

1978. Lieutenant R.A. Chadwick, Ballygunge, 15 Oct 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated 20 Oct 1860.

1979. Captain White, Governor General’s State Boat Establishment, 17 Oct 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House, 19 Oct 1860.

1980. Lieutenant Colonel A. Scott Waugh, Surveyor General of India, Dehra Dhoon [Dehra Dun or Dehradun], 9 Oct 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House Calcutta, 20 Oct 1860.

1981. Brigadier General Sir Richmond Shakespear, Indore, 8 Oct 1860. Forwards further letter from Captain Henry A. Cockburn dated 4 Oct 1860, and a letter from Major Meade dated Gwalior, 28 Sep 1860.

1982. Major C.V. Bowie, 15 Oct 1860. Covering docket only, marked ‘Original letter sent to Colonel Warre’.

1983. Rev F.O. Mayne, Chowringhee, 12 Oct 1860.

1984. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House, 13 Oct 1860, to Colonel Thomson, Commissary General.

1985. Charles Horatio Marshall, Bhowanipore, 15 Oct 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House Calcutta, 8 Nov 1860.

1986. Major R.H. Sankey, Officiating Garrison Engineer, 18 Oct 1860.

1987. Copy letter from Military Secretary, 18 Oct 1860, to Major Becher, Deputy Adjutant General.

1988. William Grey, Secretary to Government Home Department, 18 Oct 1860. Includes extracts of minutes and correspondence regarding portraits of Governor Generals. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated 18 Oct 1860.

1989. Office memorandum from Captain C.H. Dickens, Officiating Secretary, Public Works Department, 5 Oct 1860, forwarding statement of accommodation required on board steamer for the branch office of Public Works Department, travelling with the Governor General.

1990. A.R. Young, Under Secretary to Government Foreign Department, 17 Oct 1860.

1991. Captain J. Rennie, Superintendent of Marine, undated [Oct 1860].

1992. Copy letter from Military Secretary, 19 Oct 1860, to Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government Military Department.

1993. C. Wingfield, Chief Commissioner of Oude, Lucknow, 9 Oct 1860, to Lewin Bowring, Private Secretary to the Governor General.

1994. Copy letter from Military Secretary, 19 Oct 1860, to Secretary to Government Military Department [Major General Richard J.H. Birch].

1994a. Baboo Radha Vishen Sett, Treasurer, Government House, Calcutta, 2 Oct 1860.

1995. Petition of Pensioned Subadar Major and Sirdar Bahadoor Heeramun Sing, Benares, 7 Oct 1860. Covering docket only, marked ‘Transferred to Military Department’.

1996. Lieutenant F.D. Ogilvie, Beawur, 11 Oct 1860.

1997. Major G. Hutchinson, Officiating Military Secretary to the Government of the Punjab, Murree, 12 Oct 1860. Also memorandum from the Military Secretary to the Governor General, and copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Calcutta, 31 Oct 1860.

1998. Brigadier General Sir Richmond Shakespear, Indore, 12 Oct 1860. Forwards letter from Lieutenant Gibbon, Meade’s Horse, dated Deyrah Dhoon [Dehra Dun or Dehradun], 8 Oct 1860.

1999. Captain C.F.G. Lamb, Benares, 17 Oct 1860, enclosing statement of services and testimonials. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House Calcutta, 8 Nov 1860.

2000. Lieutenant Colonel W.T. Hughes, Peshawar, 11 Oct 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
040-003314726

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 F699/1/3/2/40 : Military Secretary’s Correspondence: Bundle 20, nos. 1951 to 2000

Hierarchy:

032-003256818[0001]/033-003309783[0003]/036-003313177[0002]/037-003314271[0040]/040-003314726

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F699

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 folder

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1860

End Date:

1860

Date Range:

25 Jul 1860-8 Nov 1860

Era:

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WYL250/9/136/1951-2000

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