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Mss Eur F699/1/3/7/5
- Record Id:
- 040-003375519
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003256818
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100043549593.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F699/1/3/7/5
- Title:
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Papers on Miscellaneous Subjects: Bundle 1, Nos. 66-76
- Scope & Content:
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Contains docketed sets of papers numbered 66 to 76, originally in one bundle labelled ‘Military Secretary's Office No. 1. Papers on Miscellaneous Subjects Nos. 1 to 100’.
66. Two copies of printed letters from Lieutenant Colonel H.M. Durand, Allahabad, 21 May 1858, together with printed series of questions to be answered with regard to the Reorganisation of the Native Infantry. Also printed dispatch no. 235 of 1857, from the Court of Directors of the East India Company, 25 Nov 1857, regarding the Reorganisation of the Indian Army, forwarded by Durand with the accompanying papers.
67. Draft of minute on the Reorganisation of the Armies of India, Jun 1858.
68. Memorandum no. 1 by Major General Richard J.H. Birch on a proposition by Lord Stanley on the subject of placing the Local Armies of India under control of Horse Guards, 23 Dec 1858. Also Remarks on Birch's Memorandum, 25 Dec 1858.
69. Memorandum no. 2 by Major General Richard J.H. Birch on a proposition by Lord Stanley to place the Local Armies of India under control of Horse Guards, 29 Dec 1858.
70. 'Memorandum of the Formation and Reorganisation of the Army & the Opinions of the Punjab Committee on admitting men of the lowest castes in the Army', 1858.
71. Draft Minute by the Governor General on the Formation of the New European Regiments, 21 Jul 1858.
72. Copy of Governor General's Minute 5 Feb 1856, on Military Establishments in India and European infantry in Her Majesty's service. With printed paper 'On the Re-Organization of the Native Army, Police, etc. of India, by Major G.T. Haly of the Madras Army', 20 Nov 1858.
73. Letter from Sir Robert Hamilton, Indore, 6 Sep 1858, regarding raising Irregular Corps.
74. Letter from Major General William R. Mansfield, 14 Apr 1859, forwarding letter from J. Inglis, Cawnpore, dated 11 Apr 1859, regarding sickliness of East India Company European Troops.
75. Letter from Lieutenant Colonel H.M. Durand, Allahabad, 10 Aug 1858, regarding comparative cost of the several Armies in India.
76. Minute by the Governor General, 9 Aug 1858, regarding Bengal Artillery.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003256818
033-003309783
036-003313177
037-003314281
040-003375519 - 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 F699/1/3/7 : Military Secretarys: Papers on Miscellaneous Subjects
Mss Eur F699/1/3/7/5 : Papers on Miscellaneous Subjects: Bundle 1, Nos. 66-76 - Hierarchy:
- 032-003256818[0001]/033-003309783[0003]/036-003313177[0007]/037-003314281[0005]/040-003375519
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F699
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 folder
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1856
- End Date:
- 1859
- Date Range:
- 1856-1859
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- WYL250/9/157
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
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