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Mss Eur Photo Eur 474/37
- Record Id:
- 041-002302894
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002302856
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001965.0x0000ec
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur Photo Eur 474/37
- Title:
- Letter from Canning to Stanley
- Scope & Content:
- Refers to Stanley's letter of 5 October; question of reward for faithful Lucknow regiments; discusses question of excessive severity in punishing rebels [cf Stanley's letter of 24 September] – Canning thinks civilians have been more severe than military 'but the difficulty of keeping either of them in bounds has been very great'; powers of Special Commissioners had to be continued in force because of destruction of jails and need for police in pacified areas to be transferred to those still disturbed; hopes by end of year to have police fully organised and disarming of most districts completed; D'Orgoni's mission to Ava; King of Delhi on his way to Rangoon; his state of health and state of mind; watchfulness of his Queen; brief comments on character of elder and younger sons and latter's future; difficulty of rewarding Scindia, Holkar and Nizam adequately while not impairing British interests or those of territories which have long been under British rule.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002302856
040-002302857
041-002302894 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur Photo Eur 474-477 : Photocopies of selected correspondence between Charles John Canning, Earl Canning (1812-62)
Mss Eur Photo Eur 474 : Letters from Canning to the President of the Board of Control and Secretary of State for India
Mss Eur Photo Eur 474/37 : Letter from Canning to Stanley - Hierarchy:
- 032-002302856[0001]/040-002302857[0037]/041-002302894
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur Photo Eur 474-477
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1858
- End Date:
- 1858
- Date Range:
- 30 Nov 1858
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)