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Mss Eur F699/1/3/4/7

Record Id:

040-003374205

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003256818

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100042701409.0x000001

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Mss Eur F699/1/3/4/7

Title:

Military Secretary's Arrear Correspondence: Bundle 3, nos. 201-250

Scope & Content:

Contains docketed sets of papers numbered 201 to 250, originally in one bundle labelled ‘No. 3. Military Secretary’s Arrear Correspondence. Nos. 201 to 300’. Consists of an original letter sent either directly to the Military Secretary, or to the Governor General, with any additional enclosures or copies of replies. Information includes name of the writer or recipient of the initial letter, the position and location of the sender or recipient, the date the letter was written, the date it was received, the date it was answered, and a summary of the letter.

201. Copy of letter from Major General Sir James Outram to Sir William Mansfield, Chief of the Staff, Camp Alum Bagh [Lucknow], 28 Jun 1858.

202. Captain W.D. Bishop, Cawnpore. 12 Feb 1858.

203. Captain Matheson, Camp Lucknow, 13 Mar 1858.

204. Major W. Davis, Calcutta, 29 Mar 1858.

205. Captain G. Swiney, Benares, 21 Mar 1858.

206. Colonel [Major General] Richard J.H. Birch, Allahabad, 23 Mar 1858. Office memorandum no. 216, forwarding enclosures from Captain V. Tonnachy.

207. Captain V. Tonnochy, Nowshera, Punjab, 7 Apr 1858.

208. Captain D. Manning, Calcutta, 29 Mar 1858 & 7 Apr 1858. Also Military Secretary’s Office Correspondence no. 131 from Manning, Jul 1856 & Apr 1857.

209. Lieutenant R.H.M. Aitken, Cawnpore, 9 Apr 1858. Includes recommendation from Major General Sir J. Inglis.

210. Lieutenant P.P.L. Stafford, Lucknow, 4 Apr 1858.

211. Captain John Dawson, Lucknow, 12 Apr 1858.

212. Captain H. Bruce, Lucknow, 12 Apr 1858, enclosing letter from Sir Henry Bartle Frere sated 16 Nov 1857.

213. Captain Frederick A. Sage, 13 Apr 1858, enclosing testimonial.

214. Captain G.R. Cookson, Meerut, 10 Apr 1858.

215. Captain A.G. Priestley, Benares, 21 Apr 1858.

216. Lieutenant S.A.T. Judge, Agra, 21 Apr 1858.

217. Lieutenant Colonel James Ramsay, Calcutta, 22 Apr 1858.

218. Lieutenant A.S. Thain, Cawnpore, 24 Apr 1858.

219. Captain C. Miles, Goruckpore, 27 Apr 1858.

220. Lieutenant E.K.O. Gilbert, Camp Rewah, 29 Apr 1858.

221. Lieutenant Montagu M. Procter, Mussoorie, 30 Apr 1858.

222. Captain J.W. Carter, Camp Moradabad, 1 May 1858.

223. Major General Richard J.H. Birch, 30 Aug 1858, forwarding letter from Major St George, Benares, 28 Aug 1858.

224. Major General Richard J.H. Birch, 1 Sep 1858.

225. Major General Richard J.H. Birch, 3 Sep 1858.

226. Lieutenant Colonel H. Yule, Public Works Office, Calcutta, 1 Feb 1858.

227. Lieutenant Colonel H. Yule, Public Works Office, Calcutta, 19 Feb 1858.

228. Colonel Charles Stuart, 11 Mar 1858.

229. Memorandum by Lieutenant Colonel E.G.J. Champneys, Audit Office, 25 Jan 1858.

230. Lieutenant Colonel H. Yule, Public Works Office, 11 Feb 1858.

231. Major General Richard J.H. Birch, 11 Mar 1858.

232. Captain R.W. Chambers, Lucknow, 9 Apr 1858.

233. Lieutenant Colonel H. Yule, 1 Jun 1858.

234. Lieutenant Colonel H. Yule, 21 Jun 1858.

235. Major General Richard J.H. Birch, 15 Dec 1858.

236. Lieutenant Colonel H. Yule, Moradabad, Jan 1859.

237. Major General Richard J.H. Birch, & Brigadier Bradford, 14 Mar 1858, with note from Lord Canning regarding route of the 4th Madras Light Cavalry to Goruckpore. Also note on troops at Ghazeepore, Azimghur, and Jounpore, 9 Mar 1858.

238. Lieutenant Colonel E.G.J. Champneys, 23 Mar 1859.

239. Mr D. Elliot re: widows of Madras Sepoys. Undated. [1858]

240. Rev. H.H. Harrington, Cuttack, 27 Feb 1858 re: widows of Madras Sepoys.

241. Cecil Beadon, Calcutta, 12 Mar 1858.

242. Major General Richard J.H. Birch, 15 Mar 1858.

243. Copy of letter from C.C. Johnson, Deputy Assistant Quartermaster of the Army, Camp Futtehgurh, 12 May 1858, enclosing copy of letter to Sir Edward Lugard regarding disposal of the Azimghur Field Force after defeat of Koer Singh.

244. Brigadier D. Wood, Allahabad, 17 May 1858.

245. Brigadier D. Wood, Allahabad, 19 May 1858.

246. Anonymous ‘An Old Subaltern’, received 19 May 1858.

247. Brigadier D. Wood, Allahabad, 21 May 1858.

248. Major Sir Edward F. Campbell, Calcutta, 12 Jan 1859.

249. Lieutenant Colonel H. Yule, Meerut, 15 Jan 1859, forwarding letter from Major John Harley Maxwell, Lucknow, 6 Jan 1859.

250. Major G.W. Williams, Allahabad, 29 Jan 1859.

Collection Area:

India Office Records and Private Papers

Project / Collection:

India Office Private Papers

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003256818
033-003309783
036-003313177
037-003314277
040-003374205

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 F699/1/3/4 : Military Secretary: Arrear Correspondence

Mss Eur F699/1/3/4/7 : Military Secretary's Arrear Correspondence: Bundle 3, nos. 201-250

Hierarchy:

032-003256818[0001]/033-003309783[0003]/036-003313177[0004]/037-003314277[0007]/040-003374205

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 folder

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1858

End Date:

1859

Date Range:

25 Jan 1858-23 Mar 1859

Era:

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