Letters, 1857 April 4 and 20.

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Letters, 1857 April 4 and 20.

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Two ALS to General Anson, Commander-in-Chief in India, written on the eve of the Indian Mutiny. The letters concern issues which were about to give rise to the Mutiny, viz: the native objection to greased cartridges and the proposed postponement of target practice. He also discusses the proposal to increase Queen's troops in India, the new Treaty with Persia, etc.

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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Canning, Charles John, 1812-1862

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Anson, George, 1797-1857, General, politician

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1814 entered the British army as an ensign in the 3rd (or Scots Fusilier) guards; 1819-1834 Member of Parliament for Yarmouth; 1835-1841 storekeeper of the ordnance; 1836-1837 Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent; 1837-1853 Member of Parliament for Staffordshire South; 1846-1852 clerk of the ordnance; 1852 appointed chairman of the London and North Western Railway Company; 1854-1856 commander of the Madras army; 1856-1857 commander-in-chief in India. Epithet: General...