| Description | Includes correspondence concerning events that took place in British India and Britain in the year 1851, with references made to individuals including: Sir William Gomm, Sir John Hobhouse, John Elliot Bethune, Lalla Jotee Pershad, Sir Colin Campbell, and John Lawrence.
Of particular note:
-letter, dated 23 January, discussing the Great Exhibition in London
-letter, dated 5 April, concerning Sir John Hobhouse's new position in the House of Lords and who his replacement will be as President of the Board of Control of the East India Company
-letter, dated 21 April, concerning Lalla Jotee Pershad
-letter, dated 26 May, discussing the visit of Lalla Jotee Pershad
-letter, dated 20 July, concerning Lalla Jotee Pershad's trial
-letter, dated 9 December, discussing the murder of Carne & Tapp (two British officers), and also includes discussion on John Lawrence setting up a police system in Peshawar |
| Image Caption | Letter, dated 20 July 1851, concerning Lalla Jotee Pershad's trial (4pp) |