| Description | Includes correspondence concerning the Crimean War (October 1853 to February 1856), the annexation of Oudh, and other events that took place in British India and Britain in the year 1855. Also includes discussion of Lord Dalhousie's declining health.
Of particular note:
-letter, dated 8 January, concerning the Crimean War and casualties at the battle of [?], also discusses the Burmese Embassy's visit (unfinished letter)
-letter, dated 22 January, concerning the Opera singer Catherine Hayes' performance and visit to Calcutta
-letter, dated 8 February, discusses Courtenay's dispute with Sir Frederick Halliday and includes a newspaper cutting titled 'Correspondence of Official Men' from The Overland Englishman, 8 February 1855 (see DHW/4/7)
-letter, dated 8 March, concerning the resignation of Lord John Russell
-letter, dated 23 March, discussing Lord Palmerston's administration and the new cabinet; also discusses Lord Dalhousie's health
-letter, dated 9 April, concerning the death of Czar [Tsar] Nicholas I; also discusses the signing of the Treaty of Friendship with Dost Mohammed at Peshawar
-letter, dated 23 April, concerning the Cabul Treaty; also discusses Sevastopol [Sebastopol]
-letter, dated 18 May, discusses Sir James Outram's report on Oudh; also discusses Sir Frederick Halliday (see DHW/4/7)
-letter, dated 18 June, concerning Sir Frederick Halliday (see DHW/4/7); also discusses possible replacements for Lord Dalhousie's position
-letter, dated 3 July, concerning Lord Dalhousie's resignation
-letter, date 6 August, with 'Memorandum on Salary of the Private Secretary to the Governor General', dated 27 July 1855
-letter, dated 7 August, discussing Lord Canning as Lord Dalhousie's replacement as Governor General of India (unfinished letter)
-letter, dated 7 September, concerning Sir Frederick Halliday (see DHW/4/7), with newspaper cutting titled 'Translation of a proclamation issued by the Lieut. Governor, in Urdu and Persian languages' from The Englishman, dated 11 August 1855
-letter, dated 7 September, concerning General Markham (unfinished letter)
-letter, dated 21 September, concerning the murder of Henry Valentine Conolly, by a group of Mappila Muslims [Moplahs]
-letter, dated 8 October, concerning an attack on Lieutenant General Colin Mackenzie in Hyderabad; also discusses Lord Dalhousie's plans for Oudh
-letter, dated 23 October, concerning the annexation of Oudh
-letter, dated 12 November (unfinished), with Lord Dalhousie's proclamation, announcing the capture of Sevastopol [Sebastopol], dated 5 November 1855
-letter, dated 8 December, concerning the annexation of Oudh
-letter, dated 22 December, concerning the salary of the Private Secretary to the Governor General
Also includes:
-Memorandum, titled 'Appeals from Lieutenant Governors', dated 20 July 1855 |
| Image Caption | Letter, dated 23 April 1855, concerning the Cabul Treaty and Sevastopol (4pp) |