NAM.1992-10-127-66

Manuscript extract from a minute by the Most Noble the Governor General of India, 18 Jun 1855, considering the various ways in which the Government of India could interfere in the affairs in Oudh; MS minute on Oudh affairs by Maj Gen Lowe, 21 Jul 1855, endorsed ‘for General Outram’s private information and custody’; includes a longer minute, 18 Aug 1855, extracts from despatches etc; MS letter from Lady Outram to Sir James, Lucknow, Jul 1856, warning him to take care and to be aware of an attack on him when travelling from Cawnpore to Lucknow; two MS letters to Outram from Maj J S Banks, Deputy Secretary of the Military Dept, Sept 1855, regarding Dalhousie’s opinions of Outram’s suggestions for Oudh; 3 MS letters to Outram from Maj Gen Lowe, Apr to Oct 1855, personal letters with reference to Oudh; 3 MS letters to Outram from J Colvin, feb 1856, chiefly relating to Outram’s plan to clean up Oudh; 3 MS letters to Outram from Maj Fletcher Hayes, Apr 1856, personal letters, with reference to Outram’s new post; 10 MS letters, Jul 1855 to May 1856 from various correspondents, chiefly regarding Outram’s work at Lucknow; 10 MS letters from Lt Col W H Sykes, Director of the Hon East India Company, to Outram, Jan 1855 to Jul 1856, including a copy of a letter to Lord Canning from Sykes, Nov 1855, chiefly relating to Oudh; MS letter to Outram from Robert Low, Secretary of HEIC, 15 Jun 1855, and a MS letter from J Otway, Jan 1856, general remarks on Outram’s recent work including his report on Aden. From a collection of papers of Gen Sir James Outram (1803-1863), Bombay Army.

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