| Description | Typescript copies of letters from Lord Napier, then Commander in Chief, to Lord Northbrook, Governor-General, concerning military matters in India. The first letter, dated 29 April 1872, congratulates Northbrook on his appointment to the Government of India and welcomes him to the country. In other correspondence he refers to instances of crimes committed by soldiers and how this might be prevented in the future (22 June 1872), describes the conditions of a number of barracks he has visited (30 May 1872) and discusses general administrative matters.
[Thomas George Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook (1826-1904), Governor-General of India (1872-1876).] |