Letter from George Edwin Seward to (William?) Jeffreys

Mss Eur F126/86, f 28

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The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in Mar 1875. 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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Letter regarding a visit from Andrew Richard Scoble and Frank Henry Souter in which they concurred that a corner of the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Compound should be used for a 'witness tent' and asking whether Sir Lewis would prefer a brick wall to be erected on the site or whether a tent would be sufficient.

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