Mss Eur F699/2/5/28

Correspondence with refugees and regarding clothing and relief effort from England. Bundle of letters relating to the Committee for the relief of Refugees [Indian Mutiny Relief Fund] and the Ladies’ Committee, including sending boxes of women's and children's clothes from England, clothing lists and the distribution of clothes and linens to hospitals and individuals, and details of donations. Including receipts. Also offers to adopt orphaned children.

Wrapper ‘Clothing from England for Refugees 1857 Viscountess Canning’

Correspondents include, amongst others: Alicia H. Evans, Antrim; Macleod Wylie, Calcutta; Lucy Wilson, Brighton; A. Grant, re: distributing linens to hospitals in Calcutta & Allahabad; Elizabeth Maria Thompson, East Coombe, Blackheath; Mayoress of London Ann Lydia Finnis; Ladies Committee of the Southampton Clothing Fund for the Relief of Sufferers in India; Lady Webster; R B Teesdale, Woolwich; Mrs Knowles, Southport; M. Prescott, Southampton; Rev. Henry Duke, Westbury; Mrs Hamilton, Salisbury; Edward B. Elliott, Brighton.

Bundle of letters relating to those affected by the uprising or assisting in the relief effort, including many letters of thanks for kind words and assistance. Includes list of names compiled by Charlotte Canning. Includes letter from Katherine Ashburner of the Relief Fund in Calcutta, 5 May 1858, recounting the case of Mrs Patrick Orr, her daughter and Miss Jackson, the last remaining prisoners found alive at Lucknow after nine months under siege. Letter from Teresa Monteath has news of women housed at Harington Street. Also letter and copy reply from Miss Burn, Dundee, regarding Mr Christie, his death and fund in his memory. Also printed list of those killed in the Cawnpore Massacre, containing published extract of letter by J.W. Sherer, 1 Aug 1857, with covering letter from Cecil Beadon.

Wrapper ‘Refugees 57 & Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May 58’

Correspondents include, amongst others: Katharine Ashburner; Emma Hearsey; Gilmore; Hughes Watson; Helen C. Mackenzie; Anne Wardlaw Ramsay; Jane Jackson; Frederick James Halliday; Helen Colvin; Helena Cortlandt Angelo; Augusta Low; Robert Murphy; Jane Mawe; Madeline Jackson; Maria D. Elliot; Harriet Turnbull; Louisa M. Pittar; Sophia Matilda Moscrop; Annie Wylie; Mrs Eliza Barbor; R. Garrett; E.C.Birch; Henrietta Grant; M.J. Macdonell; Annie Atkinson; Mrs Banks; E.H. Garrett; Augusta Ritchie; Thomas Ligertwood; J.S. Torrens; Teresa A. Monteath; Emily D’Aguilar; Annie Edmonstone; Maria Mill; Elizabeth Peacock; Maria Mayhew; Miss Burn; & Hannah Orr.