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Mss Eur F699/1/3/2/46

Record Id:

040-003314758

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003256818

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100032269062.0x000001

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ISAD(G)

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Mss Eur F699/1/3/2/46

Title:

Military Secretary’s Correspondence: Bundle 23, Nos. 2251 to 2300

Scope & Content:

Contains docketed sets of papers numbered 2251 to 2300, originally in one bundle labelled ‘No. 23. Military Secretary’s Correspondence. Nos. 2201 to 2300’. 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 2260 & 2263 are not on file. Item 2252 consists of covering docket only, the original correspondence is not on file.

2251. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Steamer Juboonah, Benares, 4 Dec 1860, to Captain J. Rennie, Superintendent of Marine, Calcutta.

2252. Captain M.F. Evatt, Bandah, 5 Dec 1860. Covering docket only, marked ‘Transferred to Military Department’.

2253. Copy of Office memorandum from Military Secretary, Governor General’s Camp Benares, 7 Dec 1860, to Secretary to Government Military Department [Major General Richard J.H. Birch].

2254. Lieutenant H.C.E. Ward, College, Benares, 8 Dec 1860, enclosing letter from Colonel E.W.S. Scott dated Calcutta, 22 Nov 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Governor General’s Camp, 8 Dec 1860.

2255. Captain W. Paget, Bunnoo, Punjab, 1 Dec 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Governor General’s Camp, 28 Dec 1860.

2256. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Governor General’s Camp, 8 Dec 1860, to Major Hutchinson, Military Secretary to the Punjab Government.

2257. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Governor General’s Camp, 8 Dec 1860, to Major Hovenden, Executive Engineer, Benares.

2258. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Governor General’s Camp, Benares, 8 Dec 1860, to Captain F.S. Roberts, Deputy Assistant Quarter Master General of the Army.

2259. Surgeon W.H. Mactier, Meerut, 7 Dec 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Governor General’s Camp, 29 Dec 1860.

2261. Office memorandum no. 49 from Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government Military Department, Camp Benares, 8 Dec 1860.

2262. Lieutenant S.H. Chamier, Hingolie, 25 Nov 1860.

2264. Mr F.W. Kristen, Music Master, Governor General’s Band, Fort William, 29 Nov 1860, forwarding testimonials for Private John Boylan. Also copy of Office memorandum from Military Secretary dated Governor General’s Camp, 24 Dec 1860.

2265. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Camp Benares, 10 Dec 1860, to Lieutenant C.A. Dodd, Assistant Chief of Police Oude, Lucknow.

2266. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Camp Benares, 10 Dec 1860, to the Officiating Military Auditor General, Calcutta.

2267. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Camp Benares, 10 Dec 1860, to Captain F.S. Roberts, Deputy Assistant Quarter Master General of the Governor General’s Camp.

2268. Copy of Office memorandum from Military Secretary, Camp Benares, 10 Dec 1860, to Secretary to Government Military Department [Major General Richard J.H. Birch].

2269. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Camp Benares, 10 Dec 1860, to the Presidency Pay Master, Fort William.

2270. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Camp Benares, 11 Dec 1860, to Captain Hugh L. Pester, Governor General’s Camp.

2271. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Governor General’s Camp Benares, 10 Dec 1860, to Major General Campbell, Commanding Benares Division.

2272. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Camp Benares, 10 Dec 1860, to the District Superintendent Oude Police, Luckeempore.

2273. Office memorandum no. 16 from C.U. Aitchison, Under Secretary to Government Foreign Department, Camp Benares, 11 Dec 1860. Also copies of detailed estimates of expenditure for the Governor General’s tour. Also copy of Office memorandum from Military Secretary dated Ghosalpore [Gosalpur], 9 Jan 1861.

2274. Captain Baron F.A. Von Meyern, Allahabad en route to Lucknow, 11 Dec 1860.

2275. Lieutenant Colonel W.C. Mollan, Commanding Governor General’s Escort, Benares, 11 Dec 1860. Includes statement of duties performed by the detachment of Jat Horse.

2276. W.B. Forster, Post Master, Benares, 11 Dec 1860.

2277. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Governor General’s Camp, 12 Dec 1860, to the Officer Commanding the Queen’s Bays, Lucknow.

2278. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Governor General’s Camp, 12 Dec 1860, to the Officer Commanding 7th Hussars, Umballa.

2279. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Governor General’s Camp, 12 Dec 1860, to the Officer Commanding H.M. 4th Bengal Light Cavalry, Benares.

2280. Copy of Office memorandum from Military Secretary, 12 Dec 1860, to Lieutenant Colonel W.C. Mollan, Commanding Governor General’s Escort.

2281. Colonel V.E. Mundy, Benares, undated [Dec 1860]. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Camp Benares, 12 Dec 1860.

2281a. Memorandum by Military Secretary, undated [1861] regarding appointment of the Apothecary General.

2282. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Governor General’s Camp Benares, 13 Dec 1860, to Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government Military Department. Also copy of Governor General’s Order dated 13 Dec 1860.

2283. Lieutenant Colonel W.C. Mollan, Commanding Governor General’s Escort, 14 Dec 1860, forwarding copy of extract from Division Orders issued by Major General G. Campbell.

2284. Assistant Surgeon J.E. Tuson, 4 Dec 1860, forwarding copies of testimonials. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Governor General’s Camp, 25 Dec 1860.

2285. Copy of Office memorandum from Lewin Bowring, Private Secretary to the Governor General, Camp Mirzapore, 17 Dec 1860, forwarding copy of Office memorandum from Financial Department, Camp Benares, dated 11 Dec 1860. Also further copy of Office memorandum from Financial Department, Camp Umur Patun, dated 31 Dec 1860, and copy of Office memorandum from Military Secretary, Ghosalpore [Gosalpur] in reply.

2286. Rev F.O. Mayne, Chaplain, Fort William, 9 Dec 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Governor General’s Camp, 28 Dec 1860.

2287. Assistant Surgeon W.F.B. Dalzel, Augur in Malwa, 10 Dec 1860 & 11 Dec 1860. Encloses two copies of letter from Captain H.A. Cockburn dated 28 Nov 1860 in support of his application.

2288. Surgeon J. Macintire, Mooltan, 8 Dec 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Governor General’s Camp, 29 Dec 1860.

2289. Mr G.W. Kellner, Office of the Superintendent of Army Clothing, Fort William, 6 Dec 1860.

2290. Major R.H. Sankey, Officiating Garrison Engineer, Fort William, 12 Dec 1860. Encloses printed report relative to a ‘Project for the rectification of the present defective Water Supply, and Drainage of Fort William’, dated 8 Dec 1860.

2291. Brigadier General Sir Richmond Shakespear, Governor General’s Agent, Camp Gwalior, 24 Nov 1860.

2292. Lieutenant J.L. Sheppard, Bombay, 12 Dec 1860.

2293. Captain Henry Le Poer Trench, Officiating Stud Department, Haupper, 8 Dec 1860.

2294. Major W.A.A. Thomson, Commanding Governor General’s Body Guard, undated [Dec 1860]

2295. Surgeon Major C.G. Andrews, Calcutta, 10 Dec 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Governor General’s Camp, 29 Dec 1860.

2296. John B. Gubbins, Bangor, 9 Jun 1860, enclosing a card for W.A.S. DeVere Beauclerk, his nephew.

2297. Brigadier General George St Patrick Lawrence, Governor General’s Agent in Rajpootana, Camp near Oodeypore, 5 Dec 1860.

2298. J.H. McRae, Civil Engineer, Calcutta, 12 Dec 1860. Also copy of letter from Military Secretary, Governor General’s Camp, Ghosalpore [Gosalpur], 24 Jan 1861 to Colonel H. Yule, Secretary to Government Public Works Department, regarding McRae, and Yule’s reply. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply to McRae dated Governor General’s Camp, 26 Jan 1861.

2299. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Governor General’s Camp, 18 Dec 1860, to W.A.S. DeVere Beauclerk.

2300. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Governor General’s Camp Mirzapore, 17 Dec 1860, to Lieutenant S.H. Chamier, Hingolie.

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
040-003314758

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 F699/1/3/2/46 : Military Secretary’s Correspondence: Bundle 23, Nos. 2251 to 2300

Hierarchy:

032-003256818[0001]/033-003309783[0003]/036-003313177[0002]/037-003314271[0046]/040-003314758

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F699

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 folder

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Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1860

End Date:

1861

Date Range:

9 Jun 1860-26 Jan 1861

Era:

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