Letter No. 42: Rawson Hart Boddam, Lawrence Nilson and Robert Sparks, Public Department at Bombay Castle, to Edward Galley, Resident at Bushire

IOR/R/15/1/4, ff 36v-37

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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 4 Feb 1785. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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This letter informs Edward Galley of the appointment of Rawson Hart Boddam as President and Governor of the Bombay Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. , with Robert Sparks and Richard Church being appointed as Members of Council, under an Act of Parliament. Galley is also informed of a letter coming from the Secret Department for procedures concerning public or secret matters. This letter includes the following enclosures: an extract from a letter from the Honourable Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. , dated 20 August 1784, which concerns the aforementioned Act of Parliament; a second letter from the Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. , dated 10 September 1784, which concerns the aforementioned appointments as well as new appointments made at Fort St George and at Masulipatan [Machilipatnam].

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Letter No. 42: Rawson Hart Boddam, Lawrence Nilson and Robert Sparks, Public Department at Bombay Castle, to Edward Galley, Resident at Bushire, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/4, ff 36v-37, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023598787.0x00001e> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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