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Mss Eur F231/15/16
- Record Id:
- 041-002302522
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002302141
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001953.0x0003c3
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F231/15/16
- Title:
- Letter from Canning to Vernon Smith
- Scope & Content:
- Campbell advancing on Lucknow with 5000 men of all arms, 13 mortars, and 18 or 20 field guns including 24 pounders (but not 68 pounders); Outram's last message says he can hold out till end of November on reduced rations, but garrison will be weaker and less able to co-operate with relievers; situation elsewhere; has received requests for troops from Elphinstone, and from Lawrence (for Karachi); mail will probably take a petition for Canning's recall with his comments on it; Gen Wilson should have KCB.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002302141
036-002302437
040-002302506
041-002302522 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur F231 : Papers of Robert Vernon Smith, 1st Baron Lyveden (1800-73) as President of the Board of Control 1855-58
Mss Eur F231/12-33 : 1st Baron Lyveden (1800-73), President of the Board of Control 1855-58: original correspondence and papers
Mss Eur F231/15 : Letters from Lord Canning; photograph of memorial tablet to Lord and Lady Canning Dated as: 3 Jul 1857-6 Aug 1858; c 1863
Mss Eur F231/15/16 : Letter from Canning to Vernon Smith - Hierarchy:
- 032-002302141[0002]/036-002302437[0004]/040-002302506[0016]/041-002302522
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F231
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1857
- End Date:
- 1857
- Date Range:
- 9 Nov 1857
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)