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Mss Eur F126/1, ff 45-60
- Record Id:
- 041-002722019
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002311283
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100022560675.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100024079755.0x00000a
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F126/1, ff 45-60
- Title:
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Letter from John Braithwaite Hardy to an unknown recipient
- Scope & Content:
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Letter containing Jacob's observations on news from the British papers including his concerns over the plans to establish a 'state church' (Church of England) in India.
Also discussed are Lord Palmerston's policies towards the Indian Empire, which Jacob believes will bring the entire empire to ruin and the different ways in which the Native Indian Army could have been organised.
Enclosed with this letter are two letters to Henry Bartle Frere and one to Henry Green:
- Letter from John Jacob to Bartle Frere, 2 March 1858 regarding the British Government's focus on the recent Persian war and the need to improve and strengthen the Indian frontiers. The letter also discusses the military station at Shikapoor [Shikarpur] being closed; suggestions for the arrangement of the Police force; the appointment of native officers to the Sind Irregular Horse and political arrangements in Kandahar [Candahar]
- Letter from John Jacob to Bartle Frere, 3 March 1858, regarding a case of plunder in Punjab and the Assistant Commissioner in Mittenkote's [Mithankot] attempts to thwart William Lockyer Merewether's work with the local hillmen there. The letter also asks Frere to write to Sir John Lawrence regarding the problem of plundering by local tribes and proposes a ban on non army personnel owning and bearing arms.
- Letter from Henry Green to John Jacob, 5 March 1858, regarding the officer's position in Kandahar and the potential benefits of a frontier political officer at Quetta. The letter also discusses the present danger from Gunjaram.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002311283
036-002311284
040-002311285
041-002722019 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur F126 : Papers of Sir Lewis Pelly
Mss Eur F126/1-11 : Personal and official correspondence and papers to and from Lewis Pelly
Mss Eur F126/1 : private letters from [John] Jacob, [Sir Henry] Green and [Sir William] Merewether while I was in England
Mss Eur F126/1, ff 45-60 : Letter from John Braithwaite Hardy to an unknown recipient - Hierarchy:
- 032-002311283[0001]/036-002311284[0001]/040-002311285[0010]/041-002722019
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F126
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 16 folios
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001524.0x000379
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1858
- End Date:
- 1858
- Date Range:
- 12 Mar 1858
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Arrangement:
- The contents of the letter run horizontally recto to verso down the folios and then return to the recto of the first folio (f. 45) which has been turned horizontally and the contents written along the tops and down the edges of the folios until the recto of the second folio (f. 46).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)