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Mss Eur F699/1/3/2/42

Record Id:

040-003314754

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003256818

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ark:/81055/vdc_100032268772.0x000001

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Mss Eur F699/1/3/2/42

Title:

Military Secretary’s Correspondence: Bundle 21, nos. 2051 to 2100

Scope & Content:

Contains docketed sets of papers numbered 2051 to 2100, originally in one bundle labelled ‘No. 21. Military Secretary’s Correspondence. Nos. 2001 to 2100’. 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 2068, 2096 & 2097 consist of covering dockets only, the original correspondence is not on file.

2051. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Calcutta, 29 Oct 1860, to Captain White, Government Boat Agent.

2052. Copy of Office memorandum from Military Secretary, 29 Oct 1860, to Secretary to Government Military Department [Major General Richard J.H. Birch].

2053. Copy letter from Military Secretary, 29 Oct 1860, to Captain Delane, Governor General’s Body Guard.

2054. Copy of Office memorandum from Military Secretary, 29 Oct 1860, to Secretary to Government Military Department [Major General Richard J.H. Birch].

2055. Mr J. Francis Dyas, Calcutta, 17 Oct 1860.

2056. Messrs R. McCheyne & Co, Spirit, Wine & Beer Merchants, Rajmahal, 27 Oct 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated 12 Nov 1860.

2057. Captain J.I. Willes, Commissary General, Benares, 28 Oct 1860.

2058. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Calcutta, 30 Oct 1860, to Captain Howe, Secretary Marine Office, Calcutta.

2059. Copy letter from Military Secretary, 29 Oct 1860, to Mr Wolfe, Manager Australian Hippodrome.

2060. Office memorandum from Military Secretary, 31 Oct 1860, to Secretary to Government Military Department [Major General Richard J.H. Birch]. Also Military Secretary’s memorandum to the Governor General.

2061. Copy of Office memorandum from Military Secretary, 31 Oct 1860, to Secretary to Government Foreign Department.

2062. Copy letter from Military Secretary, 31 Oct 1860, to Fred Cooper, Deputy Commissioner, Delhi.

2063. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Calcutta, 31 Oct 1860, to Dr J. Forsyth, Director General Medical Department.

2064. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House, 31 Oct 1860, to Captain Howe, Secretary Marine Office, Calcutta.

2065. Copy letter from Military Secretary, 31 Oct 1860, to Captain White, Government Boat Agent.

2066. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Calcutta, 1 Nov 1860, to William Grey, Secretary to Government Home Department.

2067. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House Calcutta, 1 Nov 1860, to E. Currie, Secretary to the Chief Commissioner of Oude, Lucknow.

2068. Petition of Lieutenant John S.A.H. Byrne, 16 Aug 1860. Covering docket only, marked ‘Transferred to Home Department’.

2069. Colonel W.B. Thomson, Commissary General, 31 Oct 1860, with fair copy. Encloses copies of correspondence dated 9 – 19 Oct 1860 regarding supply of grain in Meerut. Also memorandum from Military Secretary to Governor General dated 31 Oct 1860.

2070. Surgeon J. Forsyth, Director General Medical Department, 1 Nov 1860. Forwards application from Surgeon E.O. Tandy.

2071. Surgeon R.B. Kinsey, Barrackpore, 27 Oct 1860, enclosing copies of testimonials. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Governor General’s Camp, 29 Dec 1860.

2072. Lieutenant Colonel H.D. Daly, London, undated & 26 Sep 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Calcutta, 16 Nov 1860.

2073. Captain Walter Fane, Tientsin, China Expeditionary Force, 1 Sep 1860. Also memorandum by Military Secretary, and copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House Calcutta, 1 Nov 1860.

2074. Captain W.H. Parish, Bengal Artillery, 9 Oct 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House Calcutta, 5 Nov 1860.

2075. Office memorandum from Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government Military Department, 30 Oct 1869, to Military Secretary. Also copy of Office memorandum from Military Secretary dated 5 Nov 1860 in reply.

2076. Major General Arthur A.T. Cunynghame, Commanding Sind Division, Kurrachee [Karachi], 23 Oct 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Calcutta, 5 Nov 1860.

2077. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House, 1 Nov 1860, to A.U. Aitchison [?C.U. Aitchison], Under Secretary Foreign Department.

2078. Lieutenant J.R. Pearson, Ordnance Office, Calcutta, 3 Nov 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House Calcutta, 5 Nov 1860.

2079. Captain C.D. Campbell, Senior Naval Officer on board the Nemesis, Hooghly River, 15 Oct 1860 & 23 Oct 1860.

2080. Mr D.T. Blenman, Lucknow, 30 Oct 1860.

2081. Major George N. Greene, Officiating Fort Adjutant, Fort William, 3 Nov 1860.

2082. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House, 1 Nov 1860, to the Officiating Military Auditor General, Calcutta.

2083. F. Cooper, Deputy Commissioner, Delhi, 30 Sep 1860, to Colonel Scott, Inspector of Ordnance.

2084. Lieutenant J. Hills, Bombay Engineers, Calcutta, 5 Nov 1860.

2085. F. Cooper, Deputy Commissioner, Delhi, 21 Oct 1860, to Colonel Scott, Inspector of Ordnance. Also memorandum from Military Secretary to the Governor General dated 30 Oct 1860.

2086. Colonel A. Becher, Quarter Master General of the Army, Gyah, 31 Oct 1860.

2087. Captain H. Lewis, Acting Inspector General of Ordnance, Fort William, 5 Nov 1860.

2088. Captain S.C.D. Ryder, Mehidpore, 20 Oct 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Calcutta, 3 Nov 1860.

2089. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House Calcutta, 5 Nov 1860, to the Venerable Archdeacon John Henry Pratt.

2090. Copy of Office memorandum from Military Secretary, 5 Nov 1860, to Secretary to Government Military Department [Major General Richard J.H. Birch].

2091. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House Calcutta, 1 Nov 1860, to the Officer Commanding Her Majesty’s 52nd Light Infantry, Sealkote [Sialkot].

2092. Bugler Jesse Wright, Majesty’s 52nd Light Infantry, Sealkote [Sialkot], 24 Mar 1860 & 17 Aug 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House Calcutta, 1 Nov 1860.

2093. Colonel E. Haythorne, Adjutant General Queen’s Troops, 1860.

2094. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House Calcutta, 1 Nov 1860, to Captain R. Bolton, Commanding Depot, Chinsurah.

2095. Major W.S. Sherwill, Revenue Surveyor, Dum Dum, 25 Sep 1860.

2096. Petition of Sewahy Ram, 11 Oct 1860. Covering docket only, marked ‘Transferred to Military Department’.

2097. Petition of Baboo Ram, son of the late Chunder Deen. 2 Nov 1860. Covering docket only, marked ‘Transferred to Military Department’.

2098. H. Scott Smith, Registrar Calcutta University, 31 Oct 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House Calcutta, 3 Nov 1860.

2099. Copy of printed dispatch no. 290 of 1860 to the Honourable Sir Charles Wood, Secretary of State for India.

2100. Rev Archdeacon John Henry Pratt, 6 Nov 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated 8 Nov 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
040-003314754

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 F699/1/3/2/42 : Military Secretary’s Correspondence: Bundle 21, nos. 2051 to 2100

Hierarchy:

032-003256818[0001]/033-003309783[0003]/036-003313177[0002]/037-003314271[0042]/040-003314754

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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:

24 Mar 1860-29 Dec 1860

Era:

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