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Mss Eur F699/1/3/2/49

Record Id:

040-003314761

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003256818

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ark:/81055/vdc_100032269240.0x000001

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Mss Eur F699/1/3/2/49

Title:

Military Secretary’s Correspondence: Bundle 25, nos. 2401 to 2450

Scope & Content:

Contains docketed sets of papers numbered 2401 to 2450, originally in one bundle labelled ‘No. 25. Military Secretary’s Correspondence. Nos. 2401 to 2500’. 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 2413a, 2416 & 2448 are not on file. Items 2403, 2405, 2412, 2430, 2431, 2439, 2442, 2446 & 2447 consist of covering dockets only, the original correspondence is not on file.

2401. Copy of memorandum from Major W.C. Erskine, Commissioner Jubbulpore Division, Camp Khumurreea, 5 Dec 1860, to the Deputy Assistant Quarter Master General of the Army.

2402. Copy of memorandum from E.C. Bayley, Magistrate and Collector, Allahabad, 4 Dec 1860, to the Deputy Assistant Quarter Master General, Governor General’s Camp Benares.

2403. Captain B.W. Ryall, Oude, 3 Jan 1861. Covering docket only.

2404. Surgeon W.F. Mactier, Meerut, 7 Dec 1860. Encloses statement of his services.

2405. Major S. Becher, Deputy Adjutant General of the Army, Calcutta, undated [1860]. Covering docket only.

2406. Copy of memorandum from Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government Military Department, 29 Dec 1860, to the Quarter Master General of the Army. Also note from the Governor General.

2407. Colonel Hickey, Superintendent of Studs, 26 Dec 1860. Covering docket only. Also copy of Military Secretary’s letter dated Governor General’s Camp Sehora, 8 Jan 1861, to Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government Military Department.

2408. C.U. Aitchison, Under Secretary to Government Foreign Department, 1 Jan 1860, forwarding copy of letter from Sir Charles Wood, India Office, London, dated 30 Nov 1860, to the Governor General in Council.

2409. Ensign A.C. Hennessy, 1 Jan 1860, enclosing note showing rates at which atta and gram were sold to men under his command.

2410. Rev H. Hutton, Chaplain Mission Church, Calcutta, 24 Dec 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Governor General’s Camp, 9 Jan 1860.

2411. Surgeon Major C.G. Andrews, Calcutta, 4 Jan 1861. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Lucknow, 10 Feb 1861.

2412. Sirdar Bahadoor Mahamed Buksch, Camp Ghosalpore [Gosalpur], 9 Jan 1861. Covering docket only.

2413. Lieutenant Colonel H. Yule, Secretary to Government Public Works Department, Jubbulpore, 11 Jan 1861. Forwards letter from Captain A.M. Mackenzie dated London, 24 Nov 1860 and statement of services. Also letters from Captain A.M. Mackenzie dated Calcutta, 27 Apr 1857 & Camp Cawnpore, 26 Apr 1858, originally part of Miscellaneous Applications and Recommendations [now Mss Eur F699/1/3/14/21]. Also memorandum by Military Secretary regarding Captain Mackenzie dated 28 Jan 1861, and copy of Military Secretary’s reply to Colonel Yule dated Governor General’s Camp, 30 Jan 1861.

2413a. Note ‘Regarding Trophy Guns. Kept in separate bundle in Portfolio case’.

2414. Captain J. Rennie, Superintendent of Marine, Calcutta, 7 Jan 1861. Also copy of Military Secretary’s replies dated Lucknow 10 Feb 1861, & Government House, 25 Feb 1861.

2415. Lieutenant R. Stainforth, Officiating District Superintendent of Oude Police, Luckeempore

2416. Note ‘A letter to Sir E. Campbell from Shaik Dullail about his ill health – left in Calcutta’.

2417. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Camp Jubbulpore, 11 Jan 1861, to the Deputy Commissioner, Jubbulpore. Also reply dated 12 Jan 1861.

2418. Surgeon W.F. Mactier, Meerut, 4 Jan 1861.

2419. Copy letter from Military Secretary, 10 Jan 1861 to Alick [Alexander] Lawrence, Meerut, regarding photographer Oscar Malitte and negatives to be returned to the Governor General.

2420. Office memorandum no. 32 from C.U. Aitchison, Under Secretary to Government Financial Department, Camp Umurpatun, 31 Dec 1860.

2421. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Governor General’s Camp, 9 Jan 1861, to Major George N. Greene, Officiating Fort Adjutant, Fort William, Calcutta.

2422. Major F.S. Roberts, Deputy Assistant Quarter Master General, Governor General’s Camp, 7 Jan 1861. Forwards estimate of probably expenses of the Quarter Master General’s Department attached to the Governor General’s Camp for the tour of 1860/61.

2423. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Governor General’s Camp, 9 Jan 1861, to Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government Military Department. Also reply from Major General Birch dated 4 Feb 1861.

2424. Major Richard J. Edgell, London, 1 Dec 1860. Encloses printed statement of his services. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Governor General’s Camp, 28 Jan 1861.

2425. Lieutenant R. Stainforth, Officiating District Superintendent of Oude Police, Luckeempore, 22 Dec 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Jubbulpore, 15 Jan 1861.

2426. Assistant Surgeon Norman Chevers, Calcutta, 9 Jan 1861. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Governor General’s Camp Jubbulpore, 23 Jan 1861.

2427. Captain E.W. Dun, Sehore near Bhopal, 9 Jan 1861. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Governor General’s Camp Jubbulpore, 16 Jan 1861.

2428. Captain Hugh Hayley, Brightling Rectory, Hurst Green, Sussex, 4 Dec 1860.

2429. Captain G.A. Harrison, Jubbulpore, 15 Jan 1861. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated 16 Jan 1861.

2430. J.B.N. Hennessey, Dehra Dhoon [Dehra Dun or Dehradun], 7 Jan 1861. Covering docket only.

2431. Lieutenant C.S. Clarke, Darjeeling, 7 Jan 1861. Covering docket only.

2432. Assistant Surgeon C.O. Daniell, Officiating Civil Surgeon, Hissar near Delhi, 2 Jan 1861. Encloses copies of testimonials. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Governor General’s Camp, 24 Jan 1861.

2433.Colonel George St Patrick Lawrence, Governor General’s Agent for Rajpootana, Camp Rajghur near Ulwur, 9 Jan 1861. Encloses letter from Lieutenant Arthur Parker Mew dated Kharewarra, 28 Dec 1860.

2434. Lieutenant Colonel A. Wilde, Kohat, Punjab, 6 Jan 1861. Encloses statement of services and extract of Division Orders.

2435. Major J.C. Brooke, Jeypore, 11 Jan 1861.

2436. Captain G.A. Harrison, Jubbulpore, 17 Jan 1861. Encloses printed statement of services.

2437. Captain C.F.G. Lamb, Benares, 16 Jan 1861. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Governor General’s Camp, 25 Jan 1861.

2438. Assistant Surgeon George A. Watson, Bengal Medical Service, Calcutta, 12 Jan 1861. Also Military Secretary’s reply with envelope and copy of reply dated Governor General’s Camp, 24 Jan 1861.

2439. Captain W.B. Peile, Barrackpore, 14 Jan 1861. Covering docket only.

2440. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Jubbulpore, 18 Jan 1861, to Captain G.E. Rose, Officiating Military Secretary to the Commander in Chief.

2441. Letter and copy letter from Military Secretary, Ghosalpore [Gosalpur], 24 Jan 1861, Lieutenant Colonel Sir Andrew Scott Waugh, Surveyor General of India, Dehra Dhoon [Dehra Dun or Dehradun], with envelope.

2442. Memorial of J.B.N. Hennessey, Dehra Dhoon [Dehra Dun or Dehradun], 11 Jan 1860. Covering docket only. Also letter and copy letter from Military Secretary, Governor General’s Camp Ghosalpore [Gosalpur], 24 Jan 1861, with envelope.

2443. Memorandum no. 1776 from Ensign J. McPherson, Barrack Master, Dum Dum, 28 Dec 1860, to Deputy Assistant Quarter Master General, Fort William. Encloses bills for barrack damage.

2444. Brigadier General Sir Richmond Shakespear, Governor General’s Agent, Jubbulpore, 19 Jan 1861. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Governor General’s Camp, 28 Jan 1861.

2445. Assistant Surgeon S.M. Shircore, Rampore Bauleah, 12 Jan 1861. Encloses copies of testimonials. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Governor General’s Camp, 24 Jan 1861.

2446. Major James T. Walker, Great Trigonometrical Survey, Jullunder, 12 Jan 1861. Covering docket only.

2447. Captain J.F. Roper, Umballa, 7 Jan 1861. Covering docket only.

2448. Note ‘no. 2448 … Left in Calcutta’.

2449. Office memorandum no. 175 from C.U. Aitchison, Under Secretary to Government Foreign Department, Camp Jubbulpore, 18 Jan 1861.

2450. Lieutenant Colonel L. Barrow, Officiating Chief of Police Oude, Lucknow, 7 Jan 1861. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Governor General’s Camp, 31 Jan 1861.

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
040-003314761

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 F699/1/3/2/49 : Military Secretary’s Correspondence: Bundle 25, nos. 2401 to 2450

Hierarchy:

032-003256818[0001]/033-003309783[0003]/036-003313177[0002]/037-003314271[0049]/040-003314761

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 folder

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1857

End Date:

1861

Date Range:

27 Apr 1857-25 Feb 1861

Era:

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