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Mss Eur F699/1/3/2/51

Record Id:

040-003314785

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003256818

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100032305551.0x000001

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Mss Eur F699/1/3/2/51

Title:

Military Secretary’s Correspondence: Bundle 26, nos. 2501 to 2550

Scope & Content:

Contains docketed sets of papers numbered 2501 to 2550, originally in one bundle labelled ‘No. 26. Military Secretary’s Correspondence. Nos. 2501 to 2600’. 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 2510, 2528, 2530, 2532 & 2539 are not on file. Items 2511 & 2545 consist of covering dockets only, the original correspondence is not on file.

2501. Major R.H. Sankey, Officiating Garrison Engineer, Fort William, 27 Jan 1861.

2502. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Governor General’s Camp, 31 Jan 1861, to Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government Military Department.

2503. C.U. Aitchison, Under Secretary to Government, Camp Myhere, 1 Jan 1861. Forwards copy of letter no. 159 from Sir Charles Wood, India Office, London, dated 30 Nov 1860.

2504. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Governor General’s Camp Shobagunge, 30 Jan 1861, to Messrs Howard Brothers & Co, Jubbulpore.

2505. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Governor General’s Camp, 30 Jan 1861, to Major F.D. Atkinson, Under Secretary to Government Military Department, Calcutta. Also note from the Governor General dated 30 Jan 1861.

2506. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Governor General’s Camp, 31 Jan 1861, to Lieutenant A.N. Bruce, Camp Bhurtpore.

2507. Lieutenant Colonel Cuthbert Davidson, Resident at Hyderabad, 24 Jan 1861. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House, 6 Mar 1861.

2508. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Governor General’s camp, 1 Feb 1861, to C.R. Coles, Officiating Political Agent, Rewah.

2509. Copy memorandum from Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government Military Department, Camp Ghoonwarra, 31 Jan 1861, to the Officiating Military Auditor General.

2510. Note ‘No. 2510 Left in Calcutta for reference’.

2511. Major H.L. Thuillier, Superintendent of Revenue Survey, Calcutta, 28 Jan 1861. Covering docket only. Marked ‘Transferred to Military Department’.

2512. Lieutenant Colonel Sir Andrew Scott Waugh, Surveyor General of India, Field Office, 24 Jan 1861.

2513. Mr F.W. Kirsten, Music Master Governor General’s Band, Fort William 31 Dec 1860. Includes medical certificate for Private John Boylan. Also note between Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government Military Department and Military Secretary.

2514. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Governor General’s Camp, 31 Jan 1861, to Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government Military Department.

2515. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Governor General’s Camp, 30 Jan 1861, to William Johnston, Magistrate, Allahabad.

2516. Copy of Office memorandum from Military Secretary, Camp Ghoonwarra, 31 Jan 1861, to Major George N. Greene, Fort Adjutant, Fort William. Includes Military Secretary’s note regarding Private Boylan.

2517. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Camp Myhere, 1 Feb 1861, to the Officiating Military Auditor General, Calcutta.

2518. Copies of letters from Major Henry D. Taylor, Deputy Assistant Adjutant General of the British Forces in China, to Lieutenant Colonel Bruce, dated Camp 8 miles from Pekin [Peking], 27 Sep 1860; Camp opposite the North West gate of Pekin [Peking], 9 Oct 1860; Camp before Pekin [Peking], 13 Oct 1860; Pekin [Peking], 22 Oct 1860.

2519. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Governor General’s Camp, 2 Feb 1861, to the Collector of Benares.

2520. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Governor General’s Camp Ummerpatun, 2 Feb 1861, to Major G.S. Macbean, Assistant Commissary General.

2521. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Governor General’s Camp, 2 Feb 1861, to Lieutenant Colonel W.C. Mollan.

2522. Lieutenant R. Stainforth, Officiating Deputy Superintendent of Oude Police, Luckimpore, 28 Jan 1861. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Governor General’s Camp, 2 Feb 1861.

2523. Lieutenant Frank Samwell, undated [1860].

2524. Lieutenant A.N. Bruce, Camp Bhurtpore, 30 Jan 1861.

2525. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Governor General’s Camp, 4 Feb 1861, to William Simpson, Artist, care of Sir Richmond Shakespear, Indore. Also copy of list of works required by the Governor General.

2526. Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government Military Department, 29 Jan 1861. Forwards letter from Assistant Surgeon R.C. Chandra dated Chittagong Hills, 14 Jan 1861, and copy of his reply dated 29 Jan 1861.

2528. Note ‘No 2528. Relative to Syce Drivers, Gunga Deen, & Ghazee left back’.

2529. Farrier F. Woolcock, Camp Calcutta, 2 Feb 1861.

2530. Note ‘No. 2530 … left in Calcutta’.

2531. Rev F.O. Mayne, Garrison Chaplain, Fort William, 2 Feb 1861. Also newspaper cuttings relating to donations to the Soldiers Club, Fort William, and the Outram Institute, Dum Dum.

2532. Note ‘No 2532. Relative to Syce Drivers, Gunga Deen, & Ghazee left back’.

2533. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Governor General’s Camp Kutramohoree, 5 Feb 1861, to Major General Campbell, Commanding Benares Division, Benares.

2534. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Governor General’s camp, 31 Jan 1861, to Lieutenant Forbes, Etwah.

2535. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Governor General’s Camp, 24 Jan 1861 to Major Walker, Dehra Dhoon [Dehra Dun or Dehradun]. Also original letter with envelope, marked ‘not sent by order’.

2536. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Governor General’s Camp, 3 Jan 1861, to Captain C.F.G. Lamb, Benares.

2537. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Governor General’s Camp, 26 Jan 1861, to Major Harley Maxwell, Chief Engineer, Nagpore.

2538. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Camp Kutramoharee, 4 Feb 1861, to Lieutenant Colonel W.C. Mollan, Commanding Governor General’s Escort.

2539. Note ‘No. 2539 Left back for Reference’.

2540. Copy letter from Military Secretary, 4 Feb 1861, to Major F.S. Roberts, Deputy Assistant Quarter Master General.

2541. Printed letter from Major C. Hasell, Bengal Artillery, to E. Williams Hasell, Dalemain, dated Calcutta, 1 Sep 1857. Relative to the causes which led to the Mutiny of the Bengal Army.

2542. Captain C.F.G. Lamb, Benares, 5 Feb 1861.

2543. Brevet Captain George Weld, Chunar, 4 Feb 1861. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House Calcutta, 25 Feb 1861.

2544. Brigadier General Sir Richmond Shakespear, Governor General’s Agent, 2 Feb 1861, enclosing letter from Colonel James Travers dated Ghoona, 25 Jan 1861. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House Calcutta, 27 Feb 1861.

2545. Lieutenant Colonel Cuthbert Davidson, Resident at Hyderabad, 2 Feb 1861. Covering docket only, marked ‘Transferred to Military Department’.

2546. Captain S.C.D. Ryder, Morar, 3 Feb 1861, enclosing application. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated 13 Feb 1861.

2547. Lieutenant Kendal Coghill, Roorkee, 3 Feb 1861.

2548. Lieutenant William Thompson, Kamptee, 8 Feb 1861, enclosing copy of letter from Major G. Pierce, 9 Jan 1861. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Calcutta, 25 Feb 1861.

2549. Captain H.K. Burne, officiating Deputy Secretary to Government Military Department, Calcutta, 5 Feb 1861.

2550. Messrs C. Lazarus & Co, Calcutta, 1 Oct 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Lucknow, 9 Feb 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
040-003314785

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 F699/1/3/2/51 : Military Secretary’s Correspondence: Bundle 26, nos. 2501 to 2550

Hierarchy:

032-003256818[0001]/033-003309783[0003]/036-003313177[0002]/037-003314271[0051]/040-003314785

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:

27 Sep 1860-6 Mar 1861

Era:

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