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Mss Eur F83/3, f47
- Record Id:
- 041-002300897
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002300874
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001940.0x000285
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F83/3, f47
- Title:
- Letter from Elgin to Wood
- Scope & Content:
- Is summoning Legislative Council to legalize collection by High Court of fees previously collected by Supreme and Sudder Courts; Peacock's cooperative attitude; discusses various points regarding High Court including fact that language will prove a difficulty if English Barrister Judges require translations of everything; complaints of Lancashire cotton manufacturers of increased production in India encouraged by protective tariff on imports; encloses note by Sir Bartle Frere (Governor of Bombay) on subject including effect of substitution of machinery for handwork; discusses at length quarrel between Afghanistan and Herat and how it should be handled, and would prefer not to intervene as instructed by Wood to warn Dost Muhammad to desist from attempt to retake Furrah; encloses note by Durand on ownership of Furrah.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002300874
036-002300875
040-002300893
041-002300897 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur F83 : Papers of 8th Earl of Elgin as Viceroy of India 1862-63
Mss Eur F83/1-32 : Correspondence
Mss Eur F83/3 : Letters from Governor-General to Secretary of State
Mss Eur F83/3, f47 : Letter from Elgin to Wood - Hierarchy:
- 032-002300874[0001]/036-002300875[0003]/040-002300893[0004]/041-002300897
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F83
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1862
- End Date:
- 1862
- Date Range:
- 16 Jul 1862
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)