Mss Eur F699/2/5/23

Contains the following correspondence to Charlotte Canning:

Wrapper ‘India 1859 Letters schools Churches &c &c’

2 letters from Lucy Cheke, Benares, 17 Sep & undated

2 letters from Mary Laura Bowring, undated

3 letters from Sara Harington, 5 Aug, 14 Aug & 12 Oct 1859

Note in Charlotte Canning’s hand about rooms being available after 9 Apr, written on back of sketch of unidentified building

Incomplete draft letter from Charlotte Canning to Lord Clyde, Barrackpore, 29 Aug 1859

List of Applications for Pecuniary Assistance, 1859, with summary of payments Jan-Jun

Calcutta Gazette, 12 Oct 1859

Bundle of letters regarding Mrs A. Roberts, widow of John Roberts of 32nd Light Infantry, including petition to the Queen & forwarded letters to Charlotte Canning, 1859-60. Includes draft letter from Charlotte Canning to Mrs Knox, re: assistance for Mrs Roberts and her daughters

2 letters from Rev J. Coley, 17 Mar addressed to Colonel Stuart re: Mrs Morley & 30 Mar re: Mrs Amelia Powell

Catherine Richards, Ballygunge, 23 Jul 1859 re: Mr Coley

Christine Ramsey, Madras, 25 Jan re: marriage to Capt. Charles Elliot

5 letters from Henry Stuart Wortley, three undated, Agra 1 Jul & 12 Jul

8 letters from Cecil Beadon, 4 Feb 1859 re: support for Mr Taunton’s school in Chittagong & 21 Apr re: Lord Canning’s honours & undated & Madras 6 Jun 1859 re: his engagement to be married & Calcutta, 30 Aug & undated & 29 Sep 1859 & 1 Oct 1859

Maria D. Elliot, Madras, 25 May re: lace

Helen Colvin, 5 Feb 1859

2 letters from Mrs E. [Elizabeth] H. Muir, Allahabad, 8 Mar & 20 May re: commissions

Jane Ricketts, undated re: her father’s [Henry Ricketts] illness

2 letters from E. [Eliza] Halliday, undated & Aden, 22 May

Middleton, 29 Apr

Bishop of Calcutta G E L Cotton, 10 Mar re: health of Mrs Cotton

From R. South?, Botanic garden, to Tomlinson, 16 Mar 1859 re: orchids for Charlotte Canning

Louisa Baker, 16 Mar, thanks for bracelet

Lady Julia Inglis, Cawnpore, 16 Mar re: birth of daughter & 16 Sep

Richard J.H. Birch to Colonel Stuart, 18 Apr re: Sir Henry Havelock

2 letters from Georgiana Campbell, 29 Mar & undated

H.B. Devereux, Bangalore, 29 Mar 1859

Lewin Bowring, 17 Feb re: note & book from Mrs Hodson

C. D’Oyly 1 Mar 1859 to Bowie, re: sketch for Charlotte Canning

?N.A. Middleton, Allahabad, 16 Feb re: birth of daughter

Unidentified Secretary Photographic Society, 26 Mar 1859, sends photos from Capt. Dixon to Charlotte Canning

Annie Bayley, Allahabad, 9 Apr

A. McMullen, Calcutta, 8 Jan 1859

6 letters from Elise Ellice, in French, Jul-Aug 1859

4 letters from Mrs E.M. Money, 6 Jul 1859 re: death of Capt. Ellice & 23 Jul & 29 Sep & undated re: health of her husband

Margaret Mansfield, Benares 25 Mar 1859 & Simla, 18 Jun 1859

?E. Currie, Simla, 23 May 1859

Alma Chase Ridgeway, 15 Dec 1858

3 letters from Mrs L.D. Knox [wife of Colonel Knox], Barrackpore, 13 May & 2 undated

Helen C. Mackenzie [wife of Colin Mackenzie], 13 Aug 1859

Sir James Outram, Garden Reach, 30 Jul 1859 re: declines invitation to Barrackpore

2 letters from M.C. [Margaret Clementina] Outram, Calcutta, 1 Aug & Garden Reach, undated

D. McLeod, 6 Aug: sends pictures of views

4 letters from Sophia Cotton, Bishop’s Palace, 4 Aug, 9 Aug & 11 Aug re: nurses & hospital relief fund & 24 Sep 1859, Bhaugreetee? River

Sir Charles R.M. Jackson, Calcutta, 17 Aug 1859: declines invitation

2 letters from B. [Barnes] Peacock, Russell Street [Calcutta], 17 Aug & 19 Aug 1859 re: invitation to Barrackpore

3 letters from Charlotte M. Wells [wife of Sir Mordaunt Wells], undated re: Barrackpore visit, undated & 7 Jun

Sir John Hearsey, Barrackpore, 13 Apr 1859 re: cabinet of insects

Edward Bales?, Bareilly, 3 Aug

A.H. [Arthur Henry] Blechynden, Secretary of the Agricultural & Horticultural Society, Metcalfe House [Calcutta], 27 May 1859 re: fruit from tree, addressed to Capt. R. Baring

Unidentified, 28 Aug 1859

C. [Charlotte] Ida Macrae, undated

Isabella Forbes, Calcutta, undated

E.[Elizabeth] M. Cavenagh, Singapore, 29 Aug

2 letters from Rev. Francis D. [David] Lord L? [illeg.] Gordon, Evangelical Christian Mission Alliance, 23 Aug 1859 & Sep 1859

Reily?, Calcutta, 11 Jul 1859 to Capt. J Stanley re: birds for Charlotte Canning

William Ritchie, 5 Mar re: subscription for Mrs Newton

2 letters in French from Victoire de Lefebure, Calcutta, 3 & 5 Sep 1859

L. Addington to Jones, 7 Oct 1859

2 draft letters by Charlotte Canning expressing her position that she does not intervene in public appointments, undated & 25 Mar

3 letters from Harriet Willoughby, Mussoorie, 9 Mar & 2 Apr & 6 Sep 1859

2 letters from Susan Amelia Hodson, La Martiniere, 17 Feb & 21 Feb 1859

Printed letter from Hermann & Robert de Schlagintweit, Berlin 4 Nov 1859 re: photographic prints & facsimiles