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Mss Eur F699/1/3/2/43

Record Id:

040-003314755

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003256818

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100032268839.0x000001

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ISAD(G)

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Mss Eur F699/1/3/2/43

Title:

Military Secretary’s Correspondence: Bundle 22, nos. 2101 to 2150

Scope & Content:

Contains docketed sets of papers numbered 2101 to 2150, originally in one bundle labelled ‘No. 22. Military Secretary’s Correspondence. Nos. 2101 to 2200’. 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 2104 & 2122 consist of covering dockets only, the original correspondence is not on file.

2101. Copy letter from Military Secretary, 6 Nov 1860, to Secretary to Government Military Department [Major General Richard J.H. Birch].

2102. Major S.H. Becher, Deputy Adjutant General of the Army, 6 Nov 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Governor General’s Camp, 27 Dec 1860.

2103. Office memorandum from Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government Military Department, 6 Nov 1860. Encloses copies of memoranda from Lieutenant Colonel Cox and Major Garden regarding despatch of party of soldiers and their families from Calcutta to Chinsurah.

2104. Petition of Ahdil Mazee, 5 Nov 1860. Covering docket only, marked ‘Transferred to Captain White’.

2105. Petition of Shaik Moyzoodeen, 6 Nov 1860. Covering docket only, marked ‘Sent to Mr Buckland’.

2106. Petition of Shaik Munsoor, 23 Oct 1860.

2107. C.B. Gordon, Electric Telegraph Department, Calcutta, 7 Nov 1860.

2108. Captain W. Gordon, Umballa, 1 Nov 1860, statement and testimonials.

2109. Draft and fair copy of letter from Military Secretary, 6 Nov 1860, to Secretary to Government Military Department [Major General Richard J.H. Birch], forwarding letter from Captain H. Campbell dated Simla, 17 Oct 1860. Also copy of major general Birch’s reply dated 13 Nov 1860.

2110. Copy of Office memorandum from Military Secretary, 6 Nov 1860, to Secretary to Government Military Department [Major General Richard J.H. Birch].

2111. Draft letter from Military Secretary, 6 Nov 1860, to Walter Brett, Managing Proprietor, Englishman.

2112. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House Calcutta, 6 Nov 1860, to the Officer in charge of the Electric Telegraph.

2113. Copy letter from Military Secretary, 6 Nov 1860, to Walter Brett, Managing Proprietor, Englishman, enclosing form for telegraph message.

2114. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House, 8 Nov 1860, to Captain White, Governor General’s State Boat.

2115. Captain White, Governor General’s State Boat, 3 Nov 1860.

2116. Copy of memorandum from Military Secretary, 6 Nov 1860, to Secretary to Government Military Department [Major General Richard J.H. Birch].

2117. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Calcutta, 7 Nov 1860, to Major T. James, Deputy Commissary General.

2118. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House Calcutta, 7 Nov 1860, to Conductor Allsopp.

2119. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Calcutta, 7 Nov 1860, to Walter Brett, Managing Proprietor, Englishman.

2120. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House Calcutta, 7 Nov 1860, to Major General Richard J.H. Birch , Secretary to Government Military Department.

2121. Major General Richard J.H. Birch , Secretary to Government Military Department, Council Chamber Fort William, 7 Nov 1860, to the Accountant General.

2122. Copy letter from Military Secretary, 7 Nov 1860, to Colonel Henry J. Warre, Military Secretary to the Commander in Chief, Buxar. Also note by the Governor General.

2123. Mrs Eveline B. Jones, Calcutta, 18 Nov 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House Calcutta, 8 Nov 1860.

2124. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House, 8 Nov 1860, to Major General Sir John Hearsey, Fort William.

2125. Copy of Office memorandum from Military Secretary, 8 Nov 1860, to Secretary to Government Military Department [Major General Richard J.H. Birch].

2126. Copy letter from Military Secretary, 8 Nov 1860, to Dr J. Forsyth, Director General Medical Department.

2127. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House Calcutta, 8 Nov 1860, to Major H.R. Gordon [Garden], Deputy Assistant Quarter Master General

2128. Copy letter from Military Secretary, 8 Nov 1860, to C.T. Buckland, Hooghly.

2129. Copy of memorandum from G. Hutchinson, Officiating secretary to the Government of the Punjab, Lahore. 29 Oct 1860.

2130. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Calcutta, 8 Nov 1860, to Major Macbean, Deputy Assistant Commissary General, Benares.

2131. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Calcutta, 8 Nov 1860, to Rev Rofe, Darjeeling.

2132. Major W.F. Eden, Officiating Agent to the Governor General in Rajpootana, Camp near Nusseerabad, 26 Oct 1860. Encloses list of services of Lieutenant R.B. Sanderson. Also draft and fair copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Governor General’s Camp, 30 Jan 1861.

2133. Major T. James, Deputy Assistant Commissary General, 8 Nov 1860.

2134. Copy letter from Military Secretary, 9 Nov 1860, to J.C. Batchelor, Traffic Manager, East Indian Railway Company, Howrah.

2135. Dr J. Forsyth, Director General Medical Department, 9 Nov 1860.

2136. Mr J. Francis Dyas, Calcutta, 5 Nov 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated 12 Nov 1860.

2136a. Major General Sir Sydney Cotton, Commanding Peshawar Division, Murree, 10 Jul 1860, enclosing papers relative to the number of ‘Native Christians in the Madras Army. Also letter from Sir Patrick Grant, Madras, 28 Jun 1860, enclosing copies of orders regarding ‘Native Christian Soldiers’, and ‘Return of Native Christians in the Madras Army 25 Jun 1860’. Also note and memorandum from Military Secretary to the Governor general, and draft reply from Military Secretary to Sir Sydney Cotton, for approval by the Governor General.

2137. Captain G. Delane, Governor General’s Body Guard, Calcutta, 3 Nov 1860.

2138. Captain G. Delane, Governor General’s Body Guard, undated [Nov 1860]. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Steamer ‘Juboonah’, 1 Dec 1860.

2139. Lieutenant Colonel Sam J. Browne, London, 27 Aug 1860. Also memorandum of Lieutenant Browne’s services.

2140. Captain William Leach, Fort William, 25 Oct 1860.

2141. Lieutenant Frank William Chatterton, Sealkote [Sialkote], 27 Oct 1860.

2142. Captain G.E. Voyle, Commissary of Ordnance, Fort William, 10 Nov 1860, enclosing invoices for tents. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Governor General’s Camp, 26 Jan 1861.

2143. Dan Nicolle, Jersey, 25 May 1860, regarding Peter Nicolle. Also memorandum from Major F.D. Atkinson, Deputy Secretary to Government Military Department dated 7 Nov 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated River Steamer ‘Juboonah’, 25 Nov 1860.

2144. Captain C.F.G. Lamb, Benares, 8 Nov 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated River Steamer ‘Juboonah’, 26 Nov 1860.

2145. Mr R.W. Coxen, Simla, 2 Nov 1860.

2146. Lieutenant Edward Tedlie, Benares, 7 Nov 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated River Steamer ‘Juboonah’, 1 Dec 1860.

2147. Lieutenant D. Macdonald, Berhampore, 9 Nov 1860.

2148. Major George N. Greene, Officiating Fort Adjutant, Fort William, 22 Sep 1860.

2149. Petition of Sheik Abdool, Head Gardener, Barrackpore Park, 26 Sep 1860.

2150. Petition of Aubdool Shaik, Head Mally [Mallee or Gardener], Barrackpore Park, 16 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
040-003314755

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 F699/1/3/2/43 : Military Secretary’s Correspondence: Bundle 22, nos. 2101 to 2150

Hierarchy:

032-003256818[0001]/033-003309783[0003]/036-003313177[0002]/037-003314271[0043]/040-003314755

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:

1861

Date Range:

25 May 1860-30 Jan 1861

Era:

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WYL250/9/136/2101-2151

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