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Mss Eur Photo Eur 476/1
- Record Id:
- 041-002302957
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002302856
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001965.0x000129
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur Photo Eur 476/1
- Title:
- Letter from Vernon Smith to Canning
- Scope & Content:
- Has overcome some opposition from Court of Directors to supplying Canning with crore and a half of silver bullion [£1.5 million approx]; almost universal disapproval at home, shared by Palmerston and himself of Canning's order to magistrates inculcating forbearance to offenders; objection also made to appointment by Halliday of Muslim (said to be of doubtful character) as Deputy Magistrate; fury at home against natives; 'to this phrenzy we must not yield because it would be utterly impossible even if it were morally or politically justifiable to govern India without them', but must be specially careful in making appointments; Canning right to forbid Gen Wilson to treat – criticisms being made of latter; Court have turned against Sir P Grant's provisional appointment as Governor-General, having received alarmist letters from him; hardly likes to take up Canning's time with his letters; continued confidence in Canning; Layard to visit Canning 'for the purpose of gleaning gossip against you'.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002302856
040-002302956
041-002302957 - 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 476 : Letters from Vernon-Smith and the Earl of Ellenborough as successive Presidents of the Board of Control (Mar 1855-Mar 1858,…
Mss Eur Photo Eur 476/1 : Letter from Vernon Smith to Canning - Hierarchy:
- 032-002302856[0003]/040-002302956[0001]/041-002302957
- 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:
- 1857
- End Date:
- 1857
- Date Range:
- 26 Oct 1857
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)