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Mss Eur F699/1/3/4/27

Record Id:

040-003374423

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003256818

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100042777411.0x000001

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ISAD(G)

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Mss Eur F699/1/3/4/27

Title:

Military Secretary's Arrear Correspondence: Bundle 13, nos. 1201-1250

Scope & Content:

Contains docketed sets of papers numbered 1201 to 1250, originally in one bundle labelled ‘No. 13. Military Secretary’s Arrear Correspondence. Nos. 1201 to 1300’. 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.

Item 1202 is not on file.

1201. Major W.A.A. Thomson, Governor General’s Body Guard, Calcutta, 18 Sep 1858.

1203. Major W.A.A. Thomson, Governor General’s Body Guard, Calcutta, 17 Sep 1858.

1204. Major W.A.A. Thomson, Governor General’s Body Guard, Ballygunge, 31 Aug 1858.

1205. Captain G. Delane, Governor General’s Body Guard, Calcutta, 21 Aug 1858. Includes envelope, to which pencil notes have been added.

1206. Captain G. Delane, Governor General’s Body Guard, Calcutta, 12 Aug 1858.

1207. Major W.A.A. Thomson, Governor General’s Body Guard, Ballygunge, 26 Jun 1858.

1208. Major W.A.A. Thomson, Governor General’s Body Guard, Ballygunge, 23 Jun 1858.

1209. Major W.A.A. Thomson, Governor General’s Body Guard, Ballygunge, 20 May 1858.

1210. Major W.A.A. Thomson, Governor General’s Body Guard, Ballygunge, 19 Apr 1858.

1211. Major W.A.A. Thomson, Governor General’s Body Guard, Ballygunge, 24 Feb 1859.

1212. Major W.A.A. Thomson, Governor General’s Body Guard, 26 Nov 1858.

1213. Major W.A.A. Thomson, Governor General’s Body Guard, Camp Raneegunge, 27 Sep 1858.

1214. Major W.A.A. Thomson, Governor General’s Body Guard, Allahabad, 8 Nov 1858.

1215. Captain G. Delane, Governor General’s Body Guard, 1 Dec 1858.

1216. Captain G. Delane, Governor General’s Body Guard, 16 Dec 1858.

1217. Copy of letter from Major C. Herbert, Ballygunge, 27 Aug 1855 to Hon. Frederick Halliday, regarding remarks on proposed scale of Cavalry and Infantry Corps of Bengal Military Police Brigade. With copy of letter from Major Herbert, Alipore, to Gerald Chetwynd Talbot, 28 Sep 1857.

1218. Office Memorandum by Robert Simson, Fort William, 8 Apr 1859, with copies of letters from Captain G. Hutchinson, and Major A. Bruce, regarding appointments and promotion in the Oudh Military Police.

1219. Major W.A.J. Mayhew, 3 Jan 1857.

1220. Printed memorandum from Major W.A.J. Mayhew, Assistant Adjutant General of the Army regarding revision of the Army List, 8 Apr 1857.

1221. Major W.A.J. Mayhew, 17 Apr 1857.

1222. Colonel C. Chester, Simla, 5 Apr 1857.

1223. Printed memorandum from Major W.A.J. Mayhew, Calcutta, 23 May 1857. Consists of a proclamation in Hindi for circulation ‘to the Native Troops and Camp Followers under your command’.

1224. Printed memorandum from Major W.A.J. Mayhew, Assistant Adjutant General of the Army regarding revision of the Army List, 6 Jul 1857.

1225. Colonel Augustus Abbott, Ordnance Office, 18 Sep 1857.

1226. Major C. Herbert, Alipore, 8 Oct 1857.

1227. Colonel Augustus Abbott, Ordnance Office, Fort William, 17 Nov 1857.

1228. Colonel Augustus Abbott, Ordnance Office, 2 Dec 1857.

1229. Colonel Augustus Abbott, Ordnance Office, 14 Dec 1857.

1230. Colonel Augustus Abbott, Ordnance Office, Fort William, 18 Dec 1857. Also includes letters from Colonel Abbot, Calcutta, 9 Mar 1856 and Major S.A. Abbott, Hoshiarpore, 19 Mar 1856.

1231. Lieutenant J.H. Jenkins, [1858].

1232. Printed memorandum from Major W.A.J. Mayhew, Assistant Adjutant General of the Army regarding revision of the Army List, 8 Jan 1858.

1233. George F. Edmonstone, Allahabad, 13 Feb 1858, enclosing copy letter from Brigadier G. St Patrick Lawrence, Officiating Agent at Rajpootana, and enclosures regarding Lieutenant Thomas Pierce’s application to Command at Mhairwarrah.

1234. Lieutenant J.H. Jenkins, 18 Feb 1858.

1235. Lieutenant J.H. Jenkins, 19 Feb 1858, with note of riders proceeding towards Allahabad for Governor General’s Camp.

1236. Robert Simson, 2 Mar 1858.

1237. Printed memorandum by A.R. Young Fort William, 20 Mar 1858, regarding proposition to establish Divisional Police Battalions. Also copy of printed letter from Cecil Beadon to A.R. Young, 26 Oct 1858.

1238. Printed memorandum from Major W.A.J. Mayhew, Assistant Adjutant General of the Army regarding revision of the Army List, 1 Apr 1858.

1239. Major G.W. Williams, 1 Apr 1858.

1240. A. Cocks, Mynpoorie, 2 Apr 1858, with memorandum by Captain J.J. Eckford on Brahmins and his opinion of a Brahmin Corps.

1241. Captain P.R. Innes, Army Clothing Agent, Allahabad, 24 May 1858.

1242. Major G.W. Williams, Agra, 19 Apr 1858, with letter from Lieutenant F.W. Dunbar, 14 Apr 1858.

1243. Major G.W. Williams, Agra, 19 Apr 1858.

1244. Major G.W. Williams, 29 May 1858.

1245. Major G.W. Williams, 2 Jun 1858.

1246. Major G.W. Williams, Dehra, 7 Jun 1858.

1247. Major G.W. Williams, Dehra, 10 Jun 1858.

1248. Major G.W. Williams, Dehra, 17 Jun 1858, with part of letter from Mr Williams, Commissioner of Meerut, 9 Jun 1858, regarding Ensign Corbyn.

1249. Major H. Bruce, Dilaram, Lucknow, 23 Jun 1858.

1250. Printed memorandum from Major W.A.J. Mayhew, Assistant Adjutant General of the Army regarding revision of the Army List, 15 Oct 1857.

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
040-003374423

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 F699/1/3/4/27 : Military Secretary's Arrear Correspondence: Bundle 13, nos. 1201-1250

Hierarchy:

032-003256818[0001]/033-003309783[0003]/036-003313177[0004]/037-003314277[0027]/040-003374423

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 folder

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1855

End Date:

1859

Date Range:

27 Aug 1855-24 Feb 1859

Era:

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