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Record Id:
040-003467864
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-003453156
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100089001572.0x000001
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 89317/7/66
Title:

Papers of Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville, regarding the Indian Mutiny

Scope & Content:
  • Supplement to the Overland Englishman publishing details of the Meerut outbreak. (Printed). 18 May 1857, f. 1.
  • Copy of the Calcutta Gazette containing the Governor General's proclamation to the Bengal army of May 16. (Printed). 19 May 1857, ff. 2-2v.
  • Copy of The Bengal Hurkaru containing articles on mutinous uprisings. (Printed). 19 May 1857. [Missing].
  • Copy telegram and summary of news received by Lord Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay. 28 May 1857, ff. 3-8v.
  • Copy of a memorandum by Francis Horsby Robinson, former member of the Board of Revenue, North West Provinces, on attitudes to the British Government in India. 8 June 1857. [Missing]
  • Letter from Lord Wensleydale on Lord Canning's proclamation of May 16. 10 June 1857, ff. 9-10v.
  • Letter from Vernon Smith, President of the India Board, on Lord Canning's proclamation. 12 June 1857, ff. 11-12v.
  • Copy of letter from Sir Henry Durand, agent in Central India, on the uprising at Indore. 22 July 1857, ff. 13-18v.
  • Reports from various divisions of the Metropolitan Police giving public opinion on Lord Canning's treatment of the mutinous sepoys. 6-13 November 1857, ff. 19-28v.
  • Circulation list for Lord Canning's printed paper in answer to newspaper statements in Calcutta. 30 January 1858, ff. 29-30.
  • Letter from John Crawford. Encloses for presentation to the House of Lords, a petition of October 1857 from the European inhabitants of Singapore asking for direct British rule in place of the East India Company. (Printed). 13 February 1858, ff. 31-34.
  • Letter and enclosures from Sir John Lawrence, on the siege of Delhi. 14 July 1858, ff. 35-62.
  • Lord Granville's draft reply to the letter and enclosures from Sir John Lawrence, on the siege of Delhi. 5 October 1858, ff. 63-64v.
  • Biographical sketch of Lord Canning prepared for Sir Henry Cunningham. [1862?], ff. 65-77.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-003453156
036-003461585
040-003467864
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Add MS 89317 : Granville Papers
Add MS 89317/7 : Papers of Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville

 

Add MS 89317/7/66 : Papers of Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville, regarding the Indian Mutiny
Hierarchy:
032-003453156[0007]/036-003461585[0066]/040-003467864
Container:
View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 89317
Record Type (Level):
File
Extent:
1 file
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1857
End Date:
1863
Date Range:
1857-1862?
Era:
CE
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Physical Characteristics:

Foliation: 77 folios. Formerly pp. 1-168, Public Record Office.

Unbound.

Former External References:
PRO 30/29/21/7
Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)