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Mss Eur F699/1/3/2/47

Record Id:

040-003314759

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003256818

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Mss Eur F699/1/3/2/47

Title:

Military Secretary’s Correspondence: Bundle 24, nos. 2301 to 2350

Scope & Content:

Contains docketed sets of papers numbered 2301 to 2350, originally in one bundle labelled ‘No. 24. Military Secretary’s Correspondence. Nos. 2301 to 2400’. 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.

Item 2326 is not on file. Item 2321 consists of covering docket only, the original correspondence is not on file.

2301. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Governor General’s Camp, 19 Dec 1860, to Lieutenant Colonel Mollan, Commanding Governor General’s Escort.

2302. Copy letter from Military Secretary, 20 Dec 1860, to Lieutenant Colonel Mollan, Commanding Governor General’s Escort.

2303. Lieutenant Colonel W.H. Seymour, Lucknow, 17 Dec 1860. Encloses memorandum showing the weight of each piece of saddlery and accoutrements for a Dragoon Guard when on marching orders.

2304. Brigadier General Sir Richmond Shakespear, Governor General’s Agent, 19 Dec 1860.

2305. Lieutenant Colonel S.B. Goad, Calcutta, 14 Dec 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Governor General’s Camp, 26 Dec 1860.

2306. Lieutenant Colonel C.K.M. Walter, Bhurtpore, 28 Nov 1860.

2307. Surgeon A. Grant, Apothecary to the Government of India, Calcutta, 30 Nov 1860.

2308. Captain A.G. Forsyth, Upper Assam, Suddyah, 12 Nov 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Governor General’s Camp, 28 Dec 1860.

2309. Lieutenant C.H. Mecham, Junior United Service Club, London, 20 Oct 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Governor General’s Camp Jubbulpore, 23 Jan 1861.

2310. Major General Sir J. Inglis, Morland, Penrith, 13 Oct 1860.

2311. Major T.T. Boileau, Calcutta, 3 Dec 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Governor General’s Camp, 29 Dec 1860.

2312. Lieutenant Colonel W.T. Hughes, Camp Rajunpore, Derah Ghazee Khan [Dera Ghazi Khan].

2313. Lieutenant C.H. Mecham, Junior United Service Club London, 16 Oct 1860. Encloses statement of his services.

2314. Captain C. Batchelor, Calcutta, 30 Nov 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Governor General’s Camp, 26 Dec 1860.

2315. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Governor General’s Camp, 19 Dec 1860, to Captain Pogson, Cawnpore.

2316. Copy of Office memorandum from Military Secretary, Camp Kutra, 20 Dec 1860, to Captain H.L. Pester, Superintendent of Police with the Governor General’s Camp.

2317. Copy of Office memorandum from Military Secretary, Camp Kutra, 20 Dec 1860, to Major G.S. Macbean, Assistant Commissary General with the Governor General’s Camp.

2318. Copy of Office memorandum from Military Secretary, Camp Kutra, 20 Dec 1860, to Captain F.S. Roberts, Deputy Assistant Quarter Master General with the Governor General’s Camp.

2319. Messrs Boosey & Sons, London, 20 Oct 1860.

2320. Mr W.C. Wallace, Proprietor Hill Transit Train, Simla, 3 Dec 1860 & 30 Dec 1860.

2321. Captain J.T.S. Hall, Commanding Recruit Depot, Barrackpore, 12 Nov 1860, to Captain Palmer. Covering docket only.

2322. Major W.A.A. Thomson, Commanding Governor General’s Body Guard, 10 Dec 1860. Forwards various papers relating to the weights of saddlery and accoutrements carried by the Bengal Cavalry and dragoon Guards.

2323. Lieutenant Colonel R. MacDonell, Benares, 12 Dec 1860. Memorandum showing weights of saddlery and accoutrements.

2324. Captain T. Dennehy, Camp Kuttra [Kutra], 21 Dec 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Governor General’s Camp, 26 Dec 1860.

2325. Captain H.L. Pester, Superintendent of Police with the Governor General’s Camp, 21 Dec 1860.

2327. Major General Sir Thomas Seaton, East Bergholt, Suffolk, 31 Oct 1860. Also notes between Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government Military Department and Military Secretary, as well as copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Governor General’s Camp, 25 Jan 1861.

2328. Rev J. Richards, Calcutta, 29 Nov 1860.

2329. Rev J. Richards, Calcutta, 20 Oct 1860.

2330. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Steamer Juboonah, 23 Nov 1860, to Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government Military Department. Also extract from a letter from Colonel Becher, Benares, 16 Nov 1860, regarding Governor General’s Escort.

2331. Copy of Office memorandum from Military Secretary, Camp Mowgunj, 22 Dec 1860, to Secretary to Government Military Department [Major General Richard J.H. Birch].

2332. Copy of office memorandum from Military Secretary, Camp Mowgunj, 22 Dec 1860, to Major F.S. Roberts, Deputy Assistant Quarter Master General

2333. Rev R.H. Norman, Dum Dum, 27 Nov 1860.

2334. Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government Military Department, 27 Nov 1860.

2335. Memorial of Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Scott Waugh, Surveyor General of India, Dehra Dhoon [Dehra Dun or Dehradun], 13 Apr 1860.

2336. Printed memorandum from Major S.H. Becher, Officiating Adjutant General of the Army, Calcutta, 18 Dec 1860, requesting corrections to the Army List.

2337. S. Wauchope, Commissioner of Police, Calcutta, 29 Jun 1860, 10 Jul 1860, & 15 Jul 1860.

2338. Assistant Surgeon D. Hood, Bulundshur, 17 Dec 1860, to Lewin Bowring, Private Secretary to the Governor General. Also copy of letter from Military Secretary to Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government Military Department dated Governor General’s Camp, 26 Dec 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply to Hood dated Governor General’s Camp, 26 Dec 1860.

2339. Editor of the Evening Courier, Bombay, 1 Dec 1860, consisting of printed prospectus for new daily newspaper.

2340. Major Walter Birch, Hazareebaugh [Hazaribagh], 6 Jul 1860.

2341. Assistant Surgeon T. Edmondston Charles, Camp Etawah, 19 Dec 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Governor General’s Camp, 26 Oct [Dec] 1860.

2342. Brigadier General Sir Richmond Shakespear, Governor General’s Agent, Camp Bhugwan Talao, 18 Dec 1860. Encloses copy of letter from Captain S.C.D. Ryder dated Morar, 10 Dec 1860.

2343. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Governor General’s Camp, 26 Dec 1860, to Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government Military Department.

2344. Copy letter from Military Secretary, 26 Dec 1860, to Brigadier General Sir Richmond Shakespear, Governor General’s Agent.

2345. Major G.S. Macbean, Assistant Commissary General with the Governor General’s Camp, Mungawah, 26 Dec 1860.

2346. Major T. James, Deputy Assistant Commissary General, 16 Oct 1860.

2347. Lieutenant J.L. Sheppard, Adjutant Marine Battalion, Bombay, 14 Dec 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Jubbulpore, 23 Jan 1861.

2348. Captain G. Price, Civil Architect, Calcutta, 2 Nov 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Governor General’s Camp Ryepore, 27 Dec 1860.

2349. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Governor General’s camp, 26 Dec 1860, to Lieutenant Colonel M.E. Sherwill, Roorkee regarding photographs taken by Oscar Malitte for Lord Canning.

2350. Captain C.H. Nicholetts, Officiating Deputy Pay Master, Cawnpore, 24 Dec 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
040-003314759

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 F699/1/3/2/47 : Military Secretary’s Correspondence: Bundle 24, nos. 2301 to 2350

Hierarchy:

032-003256818[0001]/033-003309783[0003]/036-003313177[0002]/037-003314271[0047]/040-003314759

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:

13 Apr 1860-25 Jan 1861

Era:

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