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Mss Eur F699/1/3/2/55

Record Id:

040-003314789

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003256818

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ark:/81055/vdc_100032305860.0x000001

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ISAD(G)

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Mss Eur F699/1/3/2/55

Title:

Military Secretary’s Correspondence: Bundle 28, nos. 2701 to 2750

Scope & Content:

Contains docketed sets of papers numbered 2701 to 2750, originally in one bundle labelled ‘No. 28. Military Secretary’s Correspondence. Nos. 2701 to 2800’. 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 2709, 2719 & 2471are not on file. Items 2714 & 2716 consist of covering dockets only, the original correspondence is not on file.

2701. Major F.D. Atkinson, Deputy Secretary to Government Military Department, 9 Mar 1861.

2702. William Johnstone, Allahabad, 11 Mar 1861.

2703. Lieutenant Frederick J. Ripley, Allahabad, 12 Mar 1861.

2704. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House, 7 Mar 1861, to C.U. Aitchinson, Under Secretary to Government Foreign Department.

2705. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House, 9 Mar 1861, to Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government Military Department.

2706. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House, 12 Mar 1861, to Major General Sir John B. Hearsey, Commanding Presidency Division, Fort William.

2707. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House, 11 Mar 1861, to Lieutenant Colonel Vaughan, Chowringhee.

2707a. Colonel George St Patrick Lawrence, Governor General’s Agent for Rajpootana, 18 Dec 1860, enclosing letter from E.B. Wimberley dated Agra, 8 Dec 1860. Also copy of Private Secretary’s reply dated Governor General’s Camp Myhere, 1 Jan 1861.

2708. Lieutenant H. Moore, ADC to the Commander in Chief, 9 Mar 1861. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House, 11 Mar 1861.

2709. Note ‘No. 2709 Left in Calcutta for Reference’.

2710. Office memorandum no. 434 from Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government Military Department, 13 Mar 1861.

2711. Lieutenant Colonel D.M. Stewart, Assistant Adjutant General of the Army, Calcutta, 14 Mar 1861. Encloses letter from Captain J.P. Martin dated Calcutta, 14 Mar 1861. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House, 18 Mar 1861.

2712. C.J. Wingfield, Chief Commissioner of Oude, Lucknow, 11 Mar 1861. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House, 16 Mar 1861.

2712a. Mr F.W. Kirsten, Music Master, Governor General’s Band, 16 Mar 1861.

2713. Major G.S. Macbean, Assistant Commissary General, Benares, 14 Mar 1861, & Governor General’s Camp, 10 Apr 1861. Also copy of Military Secretary’s replies dated Government House Calcutta, 8 Apr 1861 & 9 Apr 1861.

2714. B. Smyth, Traffic Manager, Allahabad, 4 Mar 1861. Covering docket only.

2715. Major General Sir John B. Hearsey, Commanding Presidency Division, Fort William, 19 Mar 1861, enclosing letter from Lieutenant H. Maxwell dated 16 Mar 1861. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated 22 Mar 1861.

2716. Captain W.C. Hamilton, 9 Feb 1861. Covering docket only.

2717. Lieutenant R. Young, Banda, 15 Mar 1861.

2718. Lieutenant William Thompson, Kamptee, 13 Mar 1861.

2719. Note ‘No. 2719 Kept in the Office for Reference’.

2720. Major General Sir John B. Hearsey, Commanding Presidency Division, Fort William, 12 Mar 1861.

2721. Captain James Emerson, Dinapore, 15 Mar 1861.

2722. Mr J.H. Gowan, Post Master, Calcutta, 11 Mar 1861.

2723. Major General E. Huthwaite, Bengal Artillery, Nainee Tal, 12 Mar 1861. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House, 18 Mar 1861.

2724. Baboo Nurunjun Mookerjee, United Club, Calcutta, 19 Mar 1861. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated 19 Mar 1861.

2725. Major H.L. Thuillier, Surveyor General’s Office, 11 Mar 1861.

2726. Copy of Office memorandum from Military Secretary, Calcutta, 11 Mar 1861, to Under Secretary to Government Foreign Department.

2727. Copy letter from Military Secretary, 14 Mar 1861, to Major S. Becher, Deputy Adjutant General of the Army.

2728. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House, 14 Mar 1861, to George Landseer.

2729. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House, 18 Mar 1861, to Brigadier General Sir Richmond Shakespear, Resident, Indore.

2730. Copy of Office memorandum from Military Secretary, 18 Mar 1861, to Under Secretary to Government Foreign Department.

2731. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House, 15 Mar 1861, to Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government Military Department.

2732. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House Calcutta, 18 Mar 1861, to Colonel George Lawrence, Governor General’s Agent, Rajpootana.

2733. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House, 18 Mar 1861, to Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government Military Department.

2733a. Rev R.A.H. Norman, Chaplain, Dum Dum, 4 May 1861.

2734. Colonel P.M.N. Guy, Ship ‘Walmer Castle’, 9 Mar 1861, enclosing receipt for letters signed by Major Hugh M. Jones.

2735. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House, 15 Mar 1861, to William Grey, Secretary to Government of India Home Department.

2736. Captain E.H. Langmore, Barrackpore, 16 Mar 1861.

2737. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House, 16 Mar 1861, to Major W.A.A. Thomson, Commanding Governor General’s Body Guard. Also memorandum from Military Secretary to Governor General.

2738. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House, 16 Mar 1861, to Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government Military Department.

2739. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House, 18 Mar 1861, to the Officer Commanding 20th Punjab Infantry, Barrackpore.

2740. Copy of Office memorandum from Military Secretary, 18 Mar 1861, to Secretary to Government Foreign Department.

2740a. Printed letter no. 242 from Captain B.E. Bacon, Assistant Secretary to the Government of India, Fort William, 8 Apr 1861, to the Inspector General of Ordnance.

2740b.Lieutenant W.M. Gibbon, Sirsa, 18 Apr 1861.

2740c. Mr F.W. Kirsten, Music Master Governor General’s Band, Calcutta, 24 Apr 1861.

2740d. Major F.D. Atkinson, Deputy Secretary to Government Military Department, 29 Apr 1861.

2740e. Printed letter no. 1094 from Major F.D. Atkinson, Deputy Secretary to Government Military Department, Fort William, 23 May 1861. Transmits copy of letter no. 151 from Sir Charles Wood, Secretary of State for India, dated 8 Apr 1861.

2740f. Lieutenant Colonel Sam Browne, Kohat, undated [1861], enclosing statement of his services.

2740g. E.C. Bayley, Officiating Secretary Foreign Department, undated [May 1861]. Forwards letter from Rajendra Narain Deb dated Calcutta, 24 May 1861.

2740h. Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Secretary to Government Military Department, 4 Jun 1861.

2741. Note ‘No. 2741 Left for Reference’.

2742. Copy of Office memorandum no. 422 from C.U. Aitchinson, Under Secretary to Government Foreign Department, 13 Mar 1861.

2743. Private John Fowls, Ferozepore, 15 Mar 1861. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House Calcutta, 23 Mar 1861.

2744. Captain R.C. Wroughton, Assistant Commissary General, Fort William, 21 Mar 1861.

2745. Lieutenant Colonel Sam Browne, Kohat, 22 Feb 1861, enclosing statement of his services.

2746. Office memorandum from Military Secretary, 19 Mar 1861, to the Officiating Secretary to Government Foreign Department.

2747. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House, 16 Mar 1861, to Major R.H. Sankey, Garrison Engineer, Fort William. Also memorandum by Military Secretary.

2748. Office memorandum from Military Secretary, 21 Mar 1861, to the Secretary to Government Military Department [Major General Richard J.H. Birch].

2749. Brevet Captain E.W. Dun, Sehore near Bhopal, 7 Feb 1861.

2749a. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House Calcutta, 10 Apr 1861, to Lieutenant W.R. Lascelles, Bareilly.

2750. Draft letter from Military Secretary, undated [1861] to C.U. Aitchinson, Under Secretary to Government Foreign Department.

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
040-003314789

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 F699/1/3/2/55 : Military Secretary’s Correspondence: Bundle 28, nos. 2701 to 2750

Hierarchy:

032-003256818[0001]/033-003309783[0003]/036-003313177[0002]/037-003314271[0055]/040-003314789

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 folder

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Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1860

End Date:

1861

Date Range:

8 Dec 1860-4 Jun 1861

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