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Mss Eur F213/24, p211
- Record Id:
- 041-002301858
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002301764
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001953.0x000329
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F213/24, p211
- Title:
- Letter from Dalhousie to Hobhouse
- Scope & Content:
- [Refers to Hobhouse's letter of 7 June]; gratitude to all concerned for marquessate; encloses letter to Queen [see p219]; also thanks Hobhouse 'as his immediate superior' for his support and good offices, and for Elliot's KCB which is very popular with civil service; Gough; services of Lt Bowie; Cunningham has been removed from his post; Durand's lack of gratitude for offer of Political Agency at Bhopal; Sikh regiments; Sikh sirdars are well watched; Mulraj will be banished to Singapore; rights of crown versus company over conquered states and confiscated property – inventories now being compiled and Dalhousie suspects that Lawrences 'with their usual slap-dash-ery of statement' have raised expectations too high; on complaint that there are good many Punjab Commissioners, remarks there are only three; a Board of three would not have been his preferred arrangement but he was constrained by peculiar position of Henry Lawrence; so far it has worked very successfully and harmoniously; Napier would prefer single military government and martial law which he exercised in Sind – Dalhousie intends to prevent Napier being interfered with improperly on any military arrangements but 'the civil will remain with me exclusively'; 'he is astonishing the army already'; recent fears of failure of rains, but plenty in last few days; Metcalfe reports King of Delhi is sinking – Dalhousie wants to get family out of palace into Ktub – state of things now is terrible.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002301764
036-002301791
040-002301832
041-002301858 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur F213 : Papers of John Cam Hobhouse, Baron Broughton, as President of the Board of Control 1835-41 and 1846-52
Mss Eur F213/21-28 : John Cam Hobhouse, Baron Broughton, President of the Board of Control 1846-52: correspondence with persons in India and…
Mss Eur F213/24 : Letters from persons in India and elsewhere. Principal correspondents: Lord Dalhousie; Lord Falkland, Sir Henry Pottinger.…
Mss Eur F213/24, p211 : Letter from Dalhousie to Hobhouse - Hierarchy:
- 032-002301764[0008]/036-002301791[0004]/040-002301832[0026]/041-002301858
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F213
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1849
- End Date:
- 1849
- Date Range:
- 30 Jul 1849
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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