Charles Baron Clarke papers, 1832-1906
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Correspondence | Box 1 | |||
Clarke, Charles Baron, 1832-1906.
ALS to Clarke, Turner Poulter, Vicrampore, [India] | 1867 June 1. | 4 pp. | ||
Believes brother Spencer has acted honorably in his new engagement. Derby's bill will have little influence. The Howes talk of retiring from Indian in 1868, though Capt. Howe will likely stay if he is appointed chief of the Department. Is comfortably situated, but expenses are great. Doubts James would stay long on a tea plantation; if the company discovered what he truly was, he would be expelled. Hindus do not seem to have an extraordinary capacity in mathematics; rapine and cruelty are not a property of Hindu rule, but Mohammedan, and if the English left today, the Mohammedans would soon rule again. | ||||
Clarke, Charles Baron, 1832-1906.
ALS to Clarke, Charles Baron, 1832-1906, River Megra, [India] | 1869 January 31. | 4 pp. | ||
Howe is not likely to leave soon as the current chief, Reddie, is ill. No famine is expected for Bengal: extensive rice production. English politics: Gladstone and the radicals; the obscure MP Fortescue. Changes in the staffing at Dacca. Miss Brennand burns to death. War in Bengal with the kookies. Disastrous earthquake at Silchar. "Clarke's bridge" at Silchar. | ||||
Clarke, Charles Baron, 1832-1906.
ALS to Clarke, Turner Poulter, Portswood House, Kew, [England] | 1879 July 20. | 1 p. | ||
Has returned from a pleasant visit to Cheltenham. | ||||
Clarke, Charles Baron, 1832-1906.
ALS to Clarke, Turner Poulter, Portswood House, Kew, [England] | 1879 September 13. | 1 p. | ||
Re: Fawcett: "It is clear that everything is being sacrificed to a few big commoners: little ones are never taken any care of." | ||||
Clarke, Charles Baron, 1832-1906.
ALS to Clarke, Turner Poulter, Shillong, Assam | 1885 March 9. | 1 p. | ||
Agriculture in Assam is on different terms than in England: much land, but little labor. Assam was depopulated by the Burmese and they do not accept vaccination, so smallpox has rendered them low. The enwspapers criticize the Torys for exaggerating the losses in Egypt, but Clarke feels such losses cannot be exaggerated. Met "that very downy youth," Randolph Churchill in Calcutta: | ||||
Clarke, Charles Baron, 1832-1906.
ALS to Clarke, Turner Poulter, Portswood House, Kew, [England] | 1886 December 7. | 2 pp. | ||
Cannot send Fawcett's Life - Leslie Stephen, Life of Henry Fawcett (London, 1885) -- since he has not yet received his boxes: "perhaps the most important point in that book is the new proof... I have given of Free Trade which shuts out Fair Trade, Retaliation, shilling duties, and all that sort of nonsense." | ||||
Clarke, Charles Baron, 1832-1906.
ALS to Clarke, Edward, Shillong, Assam | 1886 January 7. | 4 pp. | ||
Cannot fathom the results of the election at home; has lost touch with English politics "as the rustics appear to have." Little to pick between the parties, though he prefers the moderate liberals. Lord Dufferin is greatly popular and all the fierce radicals are with him (there are Fenians even in Assam). The annexation of Burma is long overdue. | ||||
Clarke, Charles Baron, 1832-1906.
ALS to Clarke, Edward, Brahmaputra, [India] | 1886 March 8. | 8 pp. | ||
Has been accompanying the Chief Commissioner on is yacht, going up the river. Complete change of regiments in Assam, pouring great force into Upper Burma. 43rd Regiment (all Gurkhas) ordered to go into Upper Burma, and the 42rd (also Gurkhas) called to replace them in Kohima. Changes in staffing and administration. Row among the Nagas lays bare the weaknesses of government schemes in trying to keep from extended across the frontier lines. Will reach Shillong in the first week of April. Has heard no more about his transfer to Burma and does not intend to volunteer as he is too near the end of his service. | ||||
Clarke, Charles Baron, 1832-1906.
ALS to Clarke, Turner Poulter, Portswood House, Kew, [England] | 1886 December 14. | 2 pp. | ||
Does not object to criticism of his book: "Dogs, ladies, and authors can endure anything better than silent contempt. Strong abuse of a book sells it." Even H. Willett has abandoned the "Grand Old Man"; the radicals are "split all to pieces for the present." | ||||
Clarke, Charles Baron, 1832-1906.
ALS to Ducat, Eva, Kew, [England] | 1905 July 12. | 2pp. | ||
Social arrangements for Eva's visit. | ||||
Clarke, Charles Baron, 1832-1906.
ALS to Ducat, Eva, Kew, [England] | 1905 July 14. | 1 p. | ||
Concerns about Wednesday social meeting. | ||||
Clarke, Charles Baron, 1832-1906.
ALS to Ducat, Eva, Kew, [England] | 1905 July 17. | 2 pp. | ||
Looking forward to seeing Eva, but she is not required to come.Mr. Bliss' sermon. | ||||
Clarke, Charles Baron, 1832-1906.
ALS to Ducat, Eva, Kew, [England] | 1906 January 6. | 1 p. | ||
Aunt and he will be glad for Eva's visit. Aunt is doing better, more often there than not there. | ||||
Clarke, Charles Baron, 1832-1906.
ALS to Ducat, Eva, Kew, [England] | 1906 January 30. | 2 pp. | ||
Hears of the political victories in various parts, "But the joy of the Protectionists appears to me to resemble that of a man who has won sixpence and lost a shilling." | ||||
Clarke, Charles Baron, 1832-1906.
ALS to Ducat, Eva, Kew, [England] | 1906 April 19. | 2 pp. | ||
Cold winds. | ||||
Unidentified.
Albumen photograph of Charles Baron Clarke, [India] | ca. 1870. | |||
Image of an English man and woman in two-wheeled horse-drawn cart with Indian servants. |