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Mss Eur F83/5, f179
- Record Id:
- 041-002300939
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002300874
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001940.0x0002ad
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F83/5, f179
- Title:
- Letter from Elgin to Wood
- Scope & Content:
- Further defence of Drummond's appointment and comments on Wingfield; re-iterates his scepticism of value of services spent away from Calcutta climate under friendly Lt-Governors; believes many whose reputation stands high would not accept a Secretaryship to Government at Calcutta; hopes to indicate by his acts that path to Council membership or Lt-Governorship will be easier via Calcutta Secretariat than by provincial service; difficulty of persuading engineer officers to serve in plains rather than hills; question of expenditure on barracks or public works; defends role of (Sir) Richard Strachey (Secretary, Public Works Dept, Government of India) in questioning proposed expenditures by Bombay and Madras; Trevelyan is becoming more cautious regarding revenue estimates; defends his absence on tour and (briefly) his administration so far; Governor-General needs reputation of knowing something of the country to exert any influence; has held Durbar of hill chiefs at Simla; need to reach agreement with them on exploitation and conservation of their forests; Star of India for Maharajas of Jind and Jaipur.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002300874
036-002300875
040-002300921
041-002300939 - 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 F83/5 : Letters from Governor-General to Secretary of State
Mss Eur F83/5, f179 : Letter from Elgin to Wood - Hierarchy:
- 032-002300874[0001]/036-002300875[0005]/040-002300921[0018]/041-002300939
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F83
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1863
- End Date:
- 1863
- Date Range:
- 1 Jun 1863
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)