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Mss Eur F699/1/3/2/53

Record Id:

040-003314787

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003256818

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ark:/81055/vdc_100032305673.0x000001

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ISAD(G)

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Mss Eur F699/1/3/2/53

Title:

Military Secretary’s Correspondence: Bundle 27, nos. 2601 to 2650

Scope & Content:

Contains docketed sets of papers numbered 2601 to 2650, originally in one bundle labelled ‘No. 27. Military Secretary’s Correspondence. Nos. 2601 to 2700’. 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 2633 consists of covering dockets only, the original correspondence is not on file.

2601. W.H. Teal, Deputy Post Master, Umballa, 20 Nov 1860. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Calcutta, 8 Jan 1862.

2602. Major T.R. Snow, Benares, 24 Feb 1861.

2603. Mr George Potts [Patts?], East India Railway, Station Master, Raneegunge, 17 Feb 1861.

2604. Mr George Potts [Patts?], East Indian Railway, Station Master, Raneegunge, 17 Feb 1861.

2605. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House Calcutta, 19 Feb 1861, to Major General Sir Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government Military Department.

2606. Office memorandum no. 895 from Major General Sir Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government Military Department, 19 Feb 1861. Also memorandum from Military Secretary to Governor General dated 21 Feb 1861, and copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House, 22 Feb 1861.

2607. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House, 21 Feb 1861, to Major Becher, Deputy Adjutant General.

2608. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House Calcutta, 22 Feb 1861, to Hon. Cecil Beadon.

2609. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House, 25 Feb 1861, to A. Macrae, Marine Presidency Surgeon, Calcutta.

2610. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House Calcutta, 25 Feb 1861, to Doctor Palmer.

2611. Copy of Office memorandum from Military Secretary, 25 Feb 1861, to Secretary to Government Military Department [Major General Sir Richard J.H. Birch].

2612. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House Calcutta, 25 Feb 1861, to Major General Sir Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government Military Department.

2613. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House, 22 Feb 1861, to Lewin B. Bowring, Private Secretary to the Governor General.

2614. Brigadier General Sir Richmond Shakespear, Governor General’s Agent, Camp Bhopal, 18 Feb 1861. Encloses letter from Captain E.M. Dun, Bhopal dated 18 Feb 1861, and copy of letter from Henry J. Warre, Acting Military Secretary, dated Government House Calcutta, 15 Jun 1860.

2615. Mrs Susan Van Cortlandt, Hissar, 15 Feb 1861, to Lady Canning. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House, 12 Mar 1861.

2616. Captain E.A. Grubb, Raneegunge, 26 Feb 1861.

2617. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House, 26 Feb 1861, to Major Meade, Political Agent Gwalior.

2618. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House, 27 Feb 1861, to Captain Bacon, Under Secretary to Government Military Department.

2619. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House, 26 Feb 1861, to J. Batchelor, Traffic Manager, East Indian Railway, Howrah.

2620. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House, 26 Feb 1861, to Colonel Thompson, Commissary General, Calcutta.

2621. Lieutenant Colonel Sir Andrew Scott Waugh, Surveyor General of India, Calcutta, 26 Feb 1861.

2622. Lieutenant Colonel W.C. Mollan, Commanding Governor General’s Body Guard, Benares, 20 Feb 1861, enclosing copy of letter to the Assistant Adjutant General dated 18 Feb 1861 regarding the supply of bad bread. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House Calcutta, 25 Feb 1861.

2623. Lieutenant Colonel Sir Andrew Scott Waugh, Surveyor General of India, Field Office, 24 Jan 1861, in praise of Colonel Everest. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House, 25 Feb 1861.

2624. Memorandum regarding Lieutenant T.W. Stansfeld [Feb 1861].

2625. Lieutenant A.E. Campbell, Lucknow, 10 Feb 1861.

2626. Mr Hampton, Commanding River Steamer ‘Ganges’, Benares, 6 Feb 1861.

2627. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Lucknow, 10 Feb 1861, to Lieutenant A.E. Campbell.

2628. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House Calcutta, 28 Feb 1861, to Messrs Lazarus & Co, Calcutta.

2629. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House, 26 Feb 1861, to Mrs Cotton, Bishop’s Palace, Chowringhee [Calcutta].

2630. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House Calcutta, 26 Feb 1861, to Mr Byrne, Calcutta.

2631. Copy of Office memorandum from Military Secretary, 27 Feb 1861, to the Under Secretary to Government Foreign Department.

2632. Major H.M. Jones, Calcutta, 18 Feb 1861, enclosing copies of testimonials.

2633. William Johnstone, Joint Magistrate & Deputy Collector, Allahabad, 26 Feb 1861. Covering docket only.

2634. William Grey, Secretary to Government Home Department, 26 Feb 1861.

2635. Superintendent Alipore Jail Press, Alipore, 25 Feb 1861.

2636. Copy letter from Military Secretary, 1 Mar 1861, to the Officiating Military Auditor General, Calcutta.

2637. Copy of Office memorandum from Military Secretary, 27 Feb 1861, to Secretary to Government Military Department [Major General Sir Richard J.H. Birch].

2638. Copy of Office memorandum from Military Secretary, 28 Feb 1861, to Under Secretary to Government Foreign Department.

2639. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House, 1 Mar 1861, to Colonel Holdich, Officiating Deputy Adjutant General, Calcutta.

2640. Memorandum of receipt of tents and stores received from Major F.S. Roberts, Deputy Assistant Quarter Master General in charge of the Governor General’s Camp, shipped on board the Steamer ‘Jaboonah’, dated 21 Feb 1861.

2641. Professor Richard Risley [Richard Risley Carlisle], Calcutta, 21 Feb 1861. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated 25 Feb 1861.

2642. Memorandum from R.M. King, Assistant Secretary to the Chief Commissioner of Oude, Lucknow, 29 Jan 1861.

2643. Lieutenant Colonel Charles Hinde, Dinapore, 28 Feb 1861 & 1 Mar 1861. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House Calcutta, 5 Mar 1861.

2644. Major E. Sissmore, Officiating Sub-Assistant Commissary General, Calcutta, 1 Mar 1861.

2645. Copy of Office memorandum from Military Secretary, 4 Mar 1861, to Secretary to Government Military Department [Major General Sir Richard J.H. Birch].

2646. Copy of Office memorandum from Military Secretary, 21 Feb 1861, to Secretary to Government Military Department [Major General Sir Richard J.H. Birch].

2647. Copy of Office memorandum from Military Secretary, 2 Mar 1861, to Under Secretary to Government Foreign Department.

2648. Copy of Office memorandum from Military Secretary, 21 Feb 1861, to Secretary to Government Military Department [Major General Sir Richard J.H. Birch].

2649. Lieutenant H.W. Studdy, Seetapore, 24 Jan 1861. Encloses copy of testimonial letter from Colonel Moore. Dated 16 Jan 1861.

2650. Captain Charles D’Oyly, Haupper, 28 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
040-003314787

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 F699/1/3/2/53 : Military Secretary’s Correspondence: Bundle 27, nos. 2601 to 2650

Hierarchy:

032-003256818[0001]/033-003309783[0003]/036-003313177[0002]/037-003314271[0053]/040-003314787

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 folder

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1860

End Date:

1862

Date Range:

15 Jun 1860-8 Jan 1862

Era:

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