Letter no.169 of 1851 from Commodore John Patterson Porter, Indian Naval Squadron, to Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 19-20
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 1 Oct 1851. 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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Porter's reply to Hennell's letter (ff 17-18) stating the grievances held by the Bushire Assistant Surgeon James McAlister against Porter, provoked by the uncourteous letter McAlister claims to have received from Porter (see f 15). Porter gives his version of events surrounding the origins of the letter, which relate to McAlister sending a message to that Porter on board the Company ship Clive of the drunken conduct of one of his men at 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. . Porter insists that he would have collected the man earlier, had he not been detained by McAlister (for medical treatment) earlier, and exclaims surprise at McAlister's claims, stating that he sees no reason to withdraw the original message.
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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/15/1/128, ff 19-20
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- 1 Oct 1851 (CE, Gregorian)
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Letter no.169 of 1851 from Commodore John Patterson Porter, Indian Naval Squadron, to Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 19-20, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023673698.0x000028> [accessed 25 April 2024]
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- IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 19-20
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- Letter no.169 of 1851 from Commodore John Patterson Porter, Indian Naval Squadron, to Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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- 19r:20v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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