Copy of a letter from Lord Palmerston to the Right Honourable John Hobhouse

IOR/R/15/1/127 f 17

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The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 18 Sep 1850. 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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Palmerston writes that he has learnt with satisfaction of the permission granted by the Sultan of Muscat for the British to carry out suppression of the slave trade in his East African dominions. The original letter enclosed printed copies of the protocol agreed with the Portuguese government for British ships to patrol the unpoliced coastal waters of the Portuguese dominions of East Africa.

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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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IOR/R/15/1/127 f 17

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18 Sep 1850 (CE, Gregorian)

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