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Miscellaneous papers on Persia: copy of a letter from Robert Vernon Smith to Outram, Nov 1856, regarding increased numbers of troops for the campaign; manuscript draft of reconnaissance report on the Karoon Valley, partly in Outram’s hand, nd; copy of congratulatory letter from Lawrence to Outram, Jan 1857; ‘Minute by the Right Honble the Governor General dated 7 Feb 1857’ on increased numbers of troops for Persia; copies of 14 MS letters on the Alwaz Expedition, Mar and Apr 1857; miscellaneous papers relating to the Indian Mutiny: telegram from C Chester to Cecil Bradon, regarding proposed terms for the evacuation of the inhabitants of Lucknow to Cawnpore, 27 Aug 1857; ‘Memorandum by the Chief of Staff for the Guidance of Major General Sir J Outram’ in the removal of guns from the residency at Lucknow, 20 Nov 1857; copy of telegram from the Governor General to Outram, 19 Jan 1858, telling him to retire when appropriate from Cawnpore; copies of telegrams from the Military Secretary to Outram, advising him of the impending relief of him in Cawnpore, Feb 1858; copy of letter from Outram to John Marshman, Lucknow, Mar 1858, reminiscing about Sir Henry Havelock. From a collection of papers of Gen Sir James Outram (1803-1863), Bombay Army.

Persian War (1856-1857)

Cawnpore, Siege of, 1857 (Indian Mutiny 1857-1859), Lucknow, Siege of, 1857 (Indian Mutiny 1857-1859)