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Mss Eur F699/1/3/2/59

Record Id:

040-003314794

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003256818

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ark:/81055/vdc_100032306502.0x000001

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Mss Eur F699/1/3/2/59

Title:

Military Secretary’s Correspondence: Bundle 30, nos. 2901 to 2950

Scope & Content:

Contains docketed sets of papers numbered 2901 to 2950, originally in one bundle labelled ‘No. 30. Military Secretary’s Correspondence. Nos. 2901 to 3000’. 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 2905, 2906, 2908, 2918, 2925, 2926, 2928a, 2938 & 2940 are not on file. Items 2904, 2942, 2944 & 2945 consist of covering dockets only, the original correspondence is not on file.

2901. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House, 19 Apr 1861, to Brigadier General St George D. Showers, Commanding Presidency Division, Fort William.

2902. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House Calcutta, 17 Apr 1861, to Lieutenant R. Stainforth, Officiating District Superintendent Oude Police, Luckimpore.

2903. Copy letter from Military Secretary, 17 Apr 1861, to Brigadier General Sir Richmond Shakespeare, Resident at Indore.

2904. Lieutenant H.N. Noble, Saugor, 10 Apr 1861. Covering docket only,

2905 & 2906. Note ‘No. 2905/6 Regards the reduction of tents for the Camp, left behind’.

2907. Sheik Chumaroo Chowkeedar, Calcutta, undated [1861], to Lewin Bowring, Private Secretary to the Governor General.

2908. Note ‘No. 2908 Kept in the Office for reference’.

2909. William Edwards, Judge, Benares, 15 Apr 1861. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House Calcutta, 22 Apr 1861.

2910. George Dickson, Secretary to the Bank of Bengal, Calcutta, 18 Apr 1861.

2911. Copy of Office memorandum from Military Secretary, 20 Apr 1861, to the Secretary to Government Military Department [Major General Richard J.H. Birch].

2912. C.U. Aitchison, Under Secretary to Government Foreign Department, 25 Mar 1861. Forwards copies of correspondence from Colonel George St Patrick Lawrence dated 15 Mar 1861 and Major B.P. Lloyd dated 14 Mar 1861. Also three memorandums from the Military Secretary to the Governor General, with the Governor General’s annotations.

2913. Lieutenant J.B. Chatterton, Morar, Gwalior, 23 Sep 1860.

2914. Major Edward Fleetwood Smith, Superintendent Elephant Keddahs, Dacca, 21 Apr 1861. Encloses copies of testimonials.

2915. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House Calcutta, 24 Apr 1861, to R. Abercrombie, Civil and session Judge, Dacca. Encloses copy of petition from Shaik Hussain Khan Duftery dated 5 Apr 1860.

2916. Brigadier General Sir Richmond Shakespeare, Governor General’s Agent, Indore, 22 Mar 1861.

2917. Hon. Sir Henry Bartle Frere, Calcutta, 8 Apr 1861. Also letters from Major F.D. Atkinson dated 9 Apr 1861, and Major George N. Greene dated 11 Apr 1861.2918. Note ‘No. 2918 not necessary’.

2919. Lieutenant H. Collett, Fyzabad, 24 Apr 1861, enclosing letter from Colonel Metcalfe dated Hyde Park, London, 7 Mar 1861. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House Calcutta, 29 Apr 1861.

2920. Brevet Major A.C. Plowden, Brighton, 25 Mar 1861.

2921. Lieutenant R. Stainforth, Officiating District Superintendent Oude Police, Luckimpore, 19 Apr 1861. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated 25 Apr 1861.

2922. S. Wauchope, Commissioner of Police, Calcutta, 25 Apr 1861.

2923. Lieutenant A.R. Chapman, Fort William, Calcutta, 26 Apr 1861.

2924. Mr John S.H.A. Byrne, Calcutta, 25 Apr 1861.

2925. Note ‘No. 2925 Kept in Office’.

2926. Note ‘No. 2926 Kept in Office for reference’.

2927. Captain C.M. Pym, Fort William, undated [Apr 1861]. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House, 26 Apr 1861.

2928. Copy letter from Military Secretary, 27 Apr 1861, to Major F.D. Atkinson, Under Secretary to Government Military Department.

2928a. Note ‘Regarding the distribution list of tents required from the Secretarys [sic] of all the Departments’.

2929. Draft letter from Military Secretary, Government House, 27 Apr 1861, to Brigadier General St George D. Showers, Commanding Presidency Division, Fort William.

2930. Captain J.I. Willes, Assistant Commissary General, Benares, 27 Apr 1861. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House, 18 Jul 1861.

2931. Lieutenant Colonel W. Mollan, Fort William, 29 Apr 1861.

2932. Major Huntly Garden, Assistant Deputy Quarter Master General, Calcutta, 22 Apr 1861.

2933. Captain James Rennie, Superintendent of Marine, Calcutta, undated [Apr 1861]. Forwards letter from the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, 26 Apr 1861.

2934. C.U. Aitchison, Under Secretary to Government Foreign Department, 29 Apr 1861.

2935. Major W.A.A. Thomson, Commanding Governor General’s Body Guard, Calcutta, undated [Apr 1861]. Also attached no. 2795 Petition of Golame Khan and three others, sepoys of the Light Company, 20th Punjab Infantry, Barrackpore.

2936. Copy letter from Military Secretary, 1 May 1861, to the Controller of Military Finance, Calcutta.

2937. Copy of Office memorandum from Military Secretary, Government House, 29 Apr 1861, to the Under Secretary to Government Foreign Department.

2938. Note ‘No. 2938 Kept in the Office for Reference’.

2939. Brevet Captain E.W. Dun, Sehore near Bhopal, 23 Apr 1861.

2940. Note ‘No. 2940 Kept in the Office for Reference’.

2941. Lieutenant H.N. Noble, Saugor, 26 Apr 1861, enclosing letter dated 10 Apr 1861 and testimonials.

2942. Lieutenant W. Macdonald, Furreedpore, 27 Apr 1861/ Covering docket only.

2943. Major W.A.A. Thomson, Commanding Governor General’s Body Guard, Calcutta, undated [Apr 1861?], enclosing memorandum showing the present state of the Body Guard.

2944. Messrs C. Lazarus & Co, Calcutta, Apr 1861. Covering docket only.

2945. Major G.M. Hill, Military Accountant, Calcutta, 2 May 1861. Covering docket only, marked ‘Transferred to Military Department’. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated Government House, 2 May 1861.

2946. Captain N.R. Sneyd, Barrackpore, 27 Apr 1861. Also copy of Military Secretary’s reply dated 29 Apr 1861.

2947. Copy letter from Military Secretary, 30 Apr 1861, to Captain Griffiths, Commissary of Ordnance, Delhi.

2948. Copy letter from Military Secretary, Government House, 27 Feb 1861, to Captain P.J. Travers, Commanding Lahore Light Horse, Dum Dum.

2949. Lieutenant Colonel W. Mollan, Fort William, 1 May 1861. Encloses copy of letter from Major F.D. Atkinson dated Fort William, 12 Apr 1861, to the Officiating Controller of Military Finance, regarding allowances.

2950. Copy letter from Military Secretary, 2 May 1861, to Captain Rose, Officiating Military Secretary to the Commander in Chief.

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
040-003314794

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 F699/1/3/2/59 : Military Secretary’s Correspondence: Bundle 30, nos. 2901 to 2950

Hierarchy:

032-003256818[0001]/033-003309783[0003]/036-003313177[0002]/037-003314271[0060]/040-003314794

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 folder

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1860

End Date:

1861

Date Range:

23 Sep 1860-18 Jul 1861

Era:

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