Letter from Henry Green, Camp Mustung to Lewis Pelly
Mss Eur F126/1, ff 271-273
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The record is made up of 3 folios. It was created in 10 Nov 1860. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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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 The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. 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.
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- 3 folios
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- English in Latin script
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- British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.
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- Mss Eur F126/1, ff 271-273
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- 10 Nov 1860 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Mss Eur F126/1, ff 271-273
- Title
- Letter from Henry Green, Camp Mustung to Lewis Pelly
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- 271r:273v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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