| Description | Manuscript and typescript correspondence and enclosures; including extracts, copy correspondence [and drafts]; arranged chronologically; of Charles Hardinge [1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst; Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1906-1910 and 1916-1920; Viceroy of India, 1910-1916] and Austen Chamberlain [acting as Secretary of State for India] relating to detailed accounts of government in India, 1915-1916
Contained in bound volumes: 'Private Letters from Lord Hardinge to Mr. Chamberlain', Vol. I, 27 May-26 Nov 1915; 'Private Letters from Lord Hardinge to Mr. Chamberlain', Vol. II, 3 Dec 1915-25 Mar 1916; Enclosures in Private Letters from Mr. Chamberlain to Lord Hardinge, 3 Jun 1915-25 Mar 1916; 'Private Letters from Mr. Chamberlain to Lord Hardinge', Vol. I, 28 May-29 Oct 1915; 'Private Letters from Mr. Chamberlain to Lord Hardinge', Vol. II, 5 Nov 1915-15 Mar 1916; each volume of Private Letters contains a typescript preface detailing letters received and their dates, contents and no. of pages |