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Mss Eur F126/1, ff 271-273
- Record Id:
- 041-002736611
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002311283
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100022561414.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100024079755.0x00002f
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F126/1, ff 271-273
- Title:
- Letter from Henry Green, Camp Mustung to Lewis Pelly
- Scope & Content:
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Letter regarding Pelly's letter from Herat about matters beyond the Indian frontier, and the attitude of indifference towards such matters which exists in India.
The letter goes on to give news from Europe including from the 'Expedition of the thousand' reporting that Naples had been taken and that the Sicilian army was within three miles of Rome; and a meeting in Warsaw of the rulers of Russia, Austria and Prussia.
The letter also reports on Lord Canning's departure from Calcutta for Hyderabad and the expectation he will be in Bombay until March or April; and both his and his brother (Malcolm Green)'s hopes of returning to England in April.
The letter also refers to an enclosed letter from Green's wife, Louisa Sophie Green, which is no longer with this letter.
There are several postscripts to this letter, three of which have been written horizontally on the verso of folio 273:
- Postscript informing Pelly of the poor condition of the road from Cabool [Kabul] to Peshawar
- Postscript regarding a report that Sir Henry Rawlinson is to be Governor of Madras
- Postscript informing Pelly his letters will arrive at Jacobabad about the 20 November [1860] and not to expect at answer by telegram from Calcutta before 10 December [1860].
- Postscript informing Pelly that any letters for him will be sent on quickly and that the cossid has been paid.
- 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
041-002736611 - 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 271-273 : Letter from Henry Green, Camp Mustung to Lewis Pelly - Hierarchy:
- 032-002311283[0001]/036-002311284[0001]/040-002311285[0047]/041-002736611
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F126
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 3 folios
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001524.0x000379
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1860
- End Date:
- 1860
- Date Range:
- 10 Nov 1860
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
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- Legal Status:
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