Letter No. 28: Rawson Hart Boddam, John Torlesse, Robert Sparks, Charles Bourchier, James Morley, Alexander Callander and John Beaumont, Council at Bombay Castle, to Edward Galley, Resident at Bushire
IOR/R/15/1/4, ff 32v-33
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 7 Apr 1784. 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, received 17 May 1784, relays the news that William Hornby has been succeeded in the Government 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. by Rawson Hart Boddam. In addition, the letter states that a treaty of peace [Treaty of Mangalore] has been concluded between the Honourable Company and Tippee Sultan [Tipu Sultan]. Enclosed with the letter is a duplicate of an earlier letter to Edward Galley, dated 3 February (not included).
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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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Letter No. 28: Rawson Hart Boddam, John Torlesse, Robert Sparks, Charles Bourchier, James Morley, Alexander Callander and John Beaumont, Council at Bombay Castle, to Edward Galley, Resident at Bushire, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/4, ff 32v-33, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023598787.0x00006f> [accessed 25 April 2024]
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- IOR/R/15/1/4, ff 32v-33
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- Letter No. 28: Rawson Hart Boddam, John Torlesse, Robert Sparks, Charles Bourchier, James Morley, Alexander Callander and John Beaumont, Council at Bombay Castle, to Edward Galley, Resident at Bushire
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- 33r
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