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Mss Eur F699/1/3/7/38
- Record Id:
- 040-003377028
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003256818
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100044523672.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F699/1/3/7/38
- Title:
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Papers on Miscellaneous Subjects: Bundle 8, Nos. 725-736
- Scope & Content:
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Contains docketed sets of papers numbered 725 to 736, originally in one bundle labelled ‘Military Secretary's Office No. 8. Papers on Miscellaneous Subjects Nos. 701 to 770’.
725. Copy of letter no. 404 from Sir Charles Wood, Secretary of State for India, India Office, 16 Oct 1861, to the Government of India, forwarding copy of letter from Surgeon Major C. Morehead. Also copy of letter from Morehead, dated 17 Sep 1861, on the subject of sanitation for European Troops in India.
725a. Queries by the Governor General Charles Canning to Major General Richard J.H. Birch, regarding Regiments of Queen’s Infantry. Also query regarding correspondence with Sir Charles Wood regarding Madras Regiments, 1861.
726. Two copies of extract of a letter from Major Milward, Royal Artillery, to Captain Brooke, regarding a letter from Sir William Armstrong. 1861.
727. Two copies of printed 'Instructions to the Special Committee Appointed to Consider and report on the Arrangements Necessary for Carrying out the Amalgamation of the Indian Army with Her Majesty's British Forces...' 1861. Also printed 'Note of Instructions to Special Committee...', 18 Apr 1861.
728. Copy of Draft Circular regarding the establishment of a Staff Corps, 20 Oct 1858.
729. Memorandum by Major Frederick M. Baker, Lahore, 20 Nov 1857 'Rough Suggestions for the Reorganisation of the Regular Native Army of the Bengal Presidency'.
730. Two copies of printed dispatch no. 27, Sir Charles Wood, Secretary of State for India, India Office, 18 Jan 1861 to Governor General Charles Canning, regarding the formation of a Staff Corps for each of the three Presidencies. One copy has extensive annotations to various points. Also printed copy of Royal Warrant, dated 16 Jan 1861.
731. Printed 'Memorandum of the Decisions of Government on Questions... Relating to the Operation of some of the Provisions of Government General Order no. 332, dated 10 April 1861' [regarding Amalgamation of the Royal and Indian Armies]. Consists of 146 questions, with answers, in three separate parts, compiled by Major General Richard J.H. Birch, 15 Nov 1861. Marked as not for publication.
732. Printed 'Memorandum of the Commander in Chief in India on the Amalgamation of Her Majesty's Forces and Her Majesty's Indian Forces, 4 April 1861, on the second and revised draft General Order'.
733. Printed dispatch no. 65 of 1861 from the Government of India, Fort William, 4 May 1861, to Sir Charles Wood, Secretary of State for India, regarding draft of the Amalgamation General Order.
734. Annotated draft memorandum of objections to certain provisions of the Governor General's General Order dated 10 Apr 1861, regarding the Reorganisation of the Indian Armies. 1861.
735. Copies of dispatches no. 28, no. 31 and no. 32 from Sir Charles Wood, Secretary of State for India, India Office, 18 Jan 1861, to Governor General of India, regarding reorganisation of the Indian Armies. Also handwritten copy of the Royal Warrant.
736. Copies of dispatches no. 29, and no. 30 from Sir Charles Wood, Secretary of State for India, India Office, 18 Jan 1861, to Governor General of India, regarding reorganisation of the Regiments of Artillery and Engineers. Two copies of each dispatch, one of which has annotated notes. Also copy of Sir Hugh Rose's letter to the Governor General dated 18 Jan 1861.
- 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
040-003377028 - 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 F699/1/3/7/38 : Papers on Miscellaneous Subjects: Bundle 8, Nos. 725-736 - Hierarchy:
- 032-003256818[0001]/033-003309783[0003]/036-003313177[0007]/037-003314281[0038]/040-003377028
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F699
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 folder
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1858
- End Date:
- 1861
- Date Range:
- 1858-1861
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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