Sir John Kaye's Mutiny Papers.

(1) pp. 1-3, Genealogical Tree of Madhava Rao of Kirwi and Narain Rao, Pensioners. (Both loyal to the British.) (2) pp. 5-20, List of demi-official correspondence connected with the mutiny and disbandment of the 19th N.I. (3) pp. 21-4, Madras Consultations 31st March 1857, Minutes by the President (Lord Harris), the Commander-in-Chief (Major-Gen. Sir Patrick Grant) and Walter Elliott (Member of Council) on the state of feeling in the Native Army (Printed). (4) p. 25, Col. George Burney (Commanding Sonthal Field Force) to Major A. H. Ross (Assistant Adjutant-General) 4th April 1857. (5) pp. 27-31, Lieut.-Col. C. Chester (Adjutant-General) to Major-Gen. J. B. Hearsey (Commanding Presidency Division) 13th April 1857. (6) pp. 33-58, Telegrams from Officiating Magistrate, Meerut, 9th May 1857, Governor-General to Hon. J. R. Colvin (Lieut.-Governor of the North-Western Provinces) 16th and 23rd May 1857, Political Agent, Gwalior 16th May 1857, Magistrate of Aligarh 16th May 1857, Governor-General to Lieut.-Governor, Agra, 16th May 1857, Colvin to Major-Gen. W. H. Hewitt (Commanding Meerut Division) to Brig. A. Wilson (Commanding at Meerut) with replies, Major-Gen. Hewitt to Colvin 19th May 1857; pp. 79, 161-7, Col. H. M. Durand to Colvin 7th to 28th June 1857; pp. 275-9, Col. Macpherson to Gen. A. Wilson 12th Aug. 1857, Major-Gen. G. E. Gowan to Umballa, Delhi and Meerut 12th Aug. 1857, Chief Commissioner, Lahore, to Gen. Wilson 13th Aug. 1857. The Military Miscellaneous Records, Vol. 320, contains the Telegrams for 1857 with Index. L/MIL/5/514. (7) pp. 58-60, Lieut. W. Greathed to -- Agra 24th May 1857 (Original); pp. 499-502, to Assistant Adjutant-General 1st Oct. 1857 (Original). (8) p. 61, Major J. Waterfield (Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General, Meerut) to -- 3rd June 1857 (Original). (9) pp. 65-72, C. Dixon (Acting Commissioner, Ajmere and Mairwara) to Colvin 29th May 1857 (Original). (10) pp. 73-6, Extract of Private Letter from Naini Tal; pp. 77-8, List of Europeans arrived at Naini Tal from Bareilly. (11) pp. 81-3, Baiza Bau Sahibeh to Capt. A. R. E. Hutchinson (Bheel Agent, Central India), n.d. (12) pp. 85-119, Project of an attack on Delhi prepared for submission to Major-Gen. Sir H. Barnard by Lieut. W. W. Greathed 11th June 1857; pp. 121-3, Note by Barnard. (13) pp. 125-37, Extract, Major-Gen. Read, C.B., to John Lawrence [16th June 1857]. (14) pp. 137-45, Memorandum by Brig.-Gen. A. Wilson 16th June 1857. (15) pp. 145-57, Memorandum by H. H. Greathed to the Lieutenant-Governor [of the N.W.P.] 17th June 1857. (16) p. 159, Public Notification at Allahabad, 18th June 1857, of a Mosque being turned into European barracks in punishment for the offering up of seditious prayers therein. (17) pp. 169-82, 255-74, Memoranda by Lieut.-Gen. Sir Patrick Grant (Acting Commander-in-Chief) 29th June and 11th Aug. 1857, on the necessary disposition of European troops in the Bengal Presidency, with enclosures. (18) pp. 183-7, Lieut. H. Murray (Commanding 5th Troop of Bengal Horse Artillery) to Lieut. J. S. Frith (Adjutant and Quartermaster, 1st Brig. Artillery) 13th July 1857 (Original). (19) Brig. Thomas Polwhele (Commanding Agra and Muttra District). pp. 189-211, to Deputy Adjutant-General, Calcutta, 20th July 1857, Report of the action of 5th July with the Mutineers; pp. 231-9, to Lieut.-Governor of N.W.P., 5th Aug. 1857, His supersession by Lieut.-Col. H. Cotton, with further correspondence. (20) p. 241, State of the Cavalry Brigade at Delhi 27th July 1857. (21) pp. 243-5, Charles Swaine and other Europeans in Tirhut to Officer Commanding at Dinapur, 29th July 1857 (Original), Request assistance. (22) pp. 247-53, Brig. A. Wilson to -- Reid 31st July 1857 (Original). (23) pp. 255-6, Col. J. H. Birch (Military Secretary to Governor-General) to General Officers commanding the Field Force before Delhi 29th July 1857. (24) pp. 281-4 [Col. Macpherson] to Col. Arthur Becher (Quartermaster-General, Delhi) 14th Aug. 1857. (25) pp. 285-8, Capt. James Young, Ordnance Return. (26) Lieut.-Col. Baird Smith (Chief Engineer, Delhi Force). pp. 289-353, Project of attack on Delhi 31st Aug. 1857; pp. 357-93, Instructions to various Regiments, signed by Lieut. H. Norman (Assistant Adjutant-General of Army); pp. 395-402, Memorandum for the Siege Batteries; pp. 403-14, Completion of the occupation of the City after the first Position has been secured; pp. 415-22, Instructions for the Left Column in the Assult; pp. 423-7, Instructions for the Artillery; pp. 429-31, Memorandum on the execution of the Assault; pp. 433-7, Memorandum for the Assault; pp. 439-42, Confidential Memoranda (Capt. Alexander Taylor, Director of the Assault); pp. 445-50, Detail of Engineer Arrangements for the occupation of Delhi; pp. 451-8, Memorandum 9th Sept. 1857. (27) p. 459, G. M. Smyth (?) to Baird Smith 12th Sept. 1857 (Original). (28) Major F. Goutskill (? Guitskill) (Commanding Artillery Brigade) to Deputy Assistant Adjutant General. pp. 461-86, 19th Sept. 1857, Report on the operations of the Artillery Brigade with reports to Capt. J. Frith (Major of Brigade, Army Field Force) from Major James Brind, Major E. Kaye, Major H. Campbell, Capt. E. B. Johnson, Brevet-Major E. W. Scott, Capt. C. H. Blunt and Major H. Tombs; pp. 487-98, 19th Sept. 1857, with Reports from Capt. F. Remington, Major H. Tombs, Major F. Turner, Lieut. Charles Hunter, Brevet-Major E. W. Scott, and Capt. G. Bourchier. (29) pp. 503-6, Capt. Septimus Harding Becher (Assistant Adjutant-General) to Gen. A. Wilson 12th Oct. 1857. (30) p. 507, Major-Gen. G. E. Gowan (Commanding Lahore Division) to Major W. Mayhew (Adjutant-General, Calcutta) 15th Oct. 1857. (31) pp. 509-15, Col. St. George Daniel Showers (Commanding Movable Column) to Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General, Delhi, 16th Oct. 1857 (Original). (32) pp. 517-20, Major M. J. Turnbull (Officiating Superintendent of Army Clothing) to Lieut.-Col. U. C. Lord Dunkellin (Military Secretary to Governor-General) 17th and 19th Nov. 1857. (33) pp. 521-5, Col. A. Abbott (Inspector-General of Ordnance and Magazines) to Lord Dunkellin 17th Nov. 1857. (34) pp. 529-31, Samuel Wauchope (Commissioner of Police, Calcutta). Report on Guns 11th Dec. 1857 (Original). (35) pp. 533-4, Cecil Beadon (Secretary, Home Department) to Lord -- 11th Dec. 1857 (Original). (36) pp. 539-41, Capt. T. Trench (Major of Brigade) to Col. Thomas Seaton 14th Dec. 1857. (37) pp. 543-8, Remount Agent to the E.I. Company (name illegible) to Col. J. H. Birch 28th Dec. 1857. (38) p. 549, Lieut. E. Jones (Artillery), Sketch of Temporary Defences for the School of Instruction and the European Hospital. (39) pp. 551-3, Fleetwood Williams (Commissioner of Meerut) to C. B. Thornhill (Secretary, N.W.P.) 11th Jan. 1858. (40) pp. 555-6, R. H. Dunlop (Magistrate of Meerut) to Williams 9th Jan. 1858. (41) pp. 557-72, G. B. Seton Karr (P.A.S.M.C. and Magistrate of Belgaum) to H. L. Anderson (Secretary, Bombay) 19th to 26th Feb. 1858, Escape and rebellion of the sons of the Sawunt. (42) pp. 573-614, Lieut. Sir W. Hamilton to Major Brind 3rd March 1858 (Original) with Memorandum of his services before Delhi. (43) pp. 617-22, Draft Regulations for Fort --. (44) p. 623, Notes on Major-Gen. W. H. Sleeman's Journey through the Kingdom of Oude in 1849-50 (London, 1858) and L. E. Runtz Rees' Personal Narrative of the Siege of Lucknow (London, 1858). (45) pp. 625-35, ''A few Notes connected with the Military Operations at Agra during the Mutiny in 1857-58, by Major-Gen. William Riddell, C.B., then Colonel Commanding the 3rd Bengal European Regiment'' (about 3,500 words); pp. 637-51, ''Memoranda of the Services of the 3rd European Regiment quartered at Agra under the command of Lieut.-Col. William Riddell from the commencement of the outbreak on the 10th day of May 1857'' [up to 12th April 1859] (about 2,500 words).

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