Mss Eur F699/2/2/2/5

Charlotte Canning's journal recording her experiences in India. Covers the first Viceroy's tour of Oct 1859-Apr 1860. Consists of a brief itinerary from Oct-Dec 1859; detailed journal entries begin on 20 Dec 1859 at Meerut. It is presumed this volume of the journal was started after the fire on 11th/12th Dec which damaged Lady Canning's papers. Includes details of travel to Delhi, Umballa [Ambala], Lahore, Peshawur [Peshawar], Sealkote [Sialkot], Dinanygur? [Dinanagar?], Kangra & Simla. Also details Lady Canning's trip from Simla to Mussoorie via Chin on the Tibetan border, accompanied by Captain Baring, Major Jones and Lord William Hay, as well as return journey from Mussoorie via landau to Allahabad, downriver to Rajmahal and back to Calcutta. Journal also covers the Viceroy's second tour, Nov 1859-Mar 1860. Refers to travels to Patna, Benares, Mirzapore, Jubbulpore & Rewah. Journal includes some small pen & ink sketches.

For 'fair copies' of the journal for this date, made by Charlotte Canning and sent to her family in England, see Mss Eur F6992/2/3/5 & Mss Eur F699/2/2/3/6.

Loose items were removed from the journal volume in 1997. These include: receipt for Lady Canning's purchases at the Magasin de Modes Calcutta, Oct 1859; 12 newspaper cuttings, Oct 1859- Feb1860;13 ff. 'fair copies' of various journal entries from 16 -21 May 1860 at Simla, 10 Jun 1860, and Jan - Feb 1861; note from ADC Johnny Stanley; letter to Lord Canning from the Master of the Lodge Himalayan Brotherhood, Simla, 7 Jun 1860 re: trees; plant specimen, possibly clover; note re: message received from Sir R Montgomery, possibly used as bookmark; faded photograph of seated elderly lady, not identified; faded photograph of Ellon Castle, Aberdeenshire.