List of Passengers, Mails and Packets to and from India
IOR/L/MAR/C/887
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The record is made up of 1 volume (126 folios). It was created in 1 Oct 1838-11 Sep 1845. 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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The file consists of letters regarding lists of passengers, mails and packets on board individual East India Company steam ships and vessels on different voyages from India, Suez or Aden, between 1838 and 1845. The main route is that taken from Bombay to Suez via the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Letters are signed by the different commanders of the vessels and ships.
The ships and vessels mentioned include the following: Atalanta, Hugh Lindsay, Berenice, Victoria, Zenobia, Orlando and Cleopatra .
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (126 folios)
- Arrangement
The letters are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 128; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
- Written in
- English in Latin script
- Type
- Archival file
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- 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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- Archive reference
- IOR/L/MAR/C/887
- Date(s)
- 1 Oct 1838-11 Sep 1845 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Ships--Passenger lists
- Places
- SuezBombayAden
- People & organisations
- AtalantaVictoriaCleopatraBereniceHugh Lindsay, ship
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- Reference
- IOR/L/MAR/C/887
- Title
- List of Passengers, Mails and Packets to and from India
- Pages
- front, back , spine, edge, head, tail, front-i , 2r:112r, 113r, 114r, 115r, 116r, 117r, 118r, 119r, 120r, 121r, 122r, 123r, 124r, 125r, 126r, 127r, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence
