Inventory description: Manuscript copies of correspondence and extracts of correspondence 1857-1858, together with typed transcripts (22pp), received by members of the Hodson family from colleagues and acquaintances of Major William Hodson following his death at Lucknow (1857), including details of the circumstances of his death, and also including a copy of an extract of a letter from Sir Colin Campbell to Mrs Hodson containing a tribute to Major Hodson; associated with the Siege of Lucknow, Indian Mutiny (1857-1859).