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Mss Eur B380/4, f370
- Record Id:
- 041-002298078
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002297960
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001915.0x00014f
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur B380/4, f370
- Title:
- Letter from Mayo to Argyll
- Scope & Content:
- [cf Argyll's letter of 27 April]; urges him to see Mansfield on question of Madras Army; repeats his view that no native soldier needed south of Narbada for protection against internal disturbance, though some troops needed so long as Hyderabad, Travancore, and Mysore maintain armies of their own; hopes he will see Col Strachey; General Gordon's case; reasons for marking some letters confidential; 'very private' means for Argyll's eye only; favours suggestion by Samuel Laing to finance irrigation works through terminable annuities, and wonders whether same method might be applied to railway finance; correct basis for Sistan boundary arbitration; Alwar case; prospects for salt extraction from Sambhar lake worsened by native officials who gained by 'robbing their masters in old times'; appointments or possible appointments to Chief Commissionership of Central Provinces, merged Central India and Rajputana Agency, and Lt-Governorship of Bengal; encloses comparative statement of military forces employed in Madras and Lower Bengal.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002297960
040-002298050
041-002298078 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur B380 : Richard Southwell Bourke papers.
Mss Eur B380/4 : Original letters from Mayo to Argyll
Mss Eur B380/4, f370 : Letter from Mayo to Argyll - Hierarchy:
- 032-002297960[0004]/040-002298050[0028]/041-002298078
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur B380
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1870
- End Date:
- 1870
- Date Range:
- 27 May 1870
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)